GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 133

HOUSE BILL 599

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 113-273 WITH RESPECT TO WILD TURKEYS HELD UNDER A GAME BIRD PROPAGATION LICENSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (h) of G.S. 113-273 is amended by deleting the last sentence and by substituting the following:  "Wild turkey acquired or raised under a game bird propagation license shall be confined in a cage or pen approved by the Wildlife Resources Commission and no such wild turkey shall be released for any purpose or allowed to range free.  It is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) in addition to such other punishment the court may impose in its discretion to sell wild turkey or ruffed grouse for food purposes, to sell quail other than lawfully acquired pen-raised quail for food purposes, or to release or allow wild turkey to range free."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of May, 1987.