Title: S.L. 1967-1149
Category: Introduced Bill
Keywords: Bill ?

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 1149
HOUSE BILL 1092

AN ACT TO REDEFINE THE LAW RELATING TO PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF TAKING DEER WITH THE AID OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of G.S. 113-109 is hereby amended by rewriting the second sentence thereof to read as follows: "In any locality or area which is frequented or inhabited by wild deer, the flashing or display of any artificial light from roadway or public or private driveway so that the beam thereof is visible for a distance of as much as fifty feet from such roadway or driveway, or the flashing or display of such artificial light at any place off such roadway or driveway, when either of such acts is accompanied by the possession of a firearm or a bow and arrow during the hours between sunset and sunrise, shall constitute prima facie evidence of a violation punishable under the provisions of the preceding sentence."
Sec. 1.5.  Amend G.S. 113-104 in the fourth sentence by inserting after the word "light" and before the word "when" the following: "and firearms except where prohibited by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission regulations."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1967.