GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 201

Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 4/9/13

Short Title:        Allow Hunting With Suppressors.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 6, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow hunting with a suppressor or other device designed to muffle or minimize the report of a firearm.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113-291.1(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)       It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person taking wildlife to have in his possession any:

(1) Firearm equipped with a silencer or any device designed to silence, muffle, or minimize the report of the firearm. The firearm is considered equipped with the silencer or device whether it is attached to the firearm or separate but reasonably accessible for attachment during the taking of the wildlife.

(2)        Weapon of mass death and destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.8.G.S. 14-288.8, other than a suppressor or other device designed to muffle or minimize the report of a firearm that is lawfully possessed by a person in compliance with 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53 §§ 5801-5871.

The Wildlife Resources Commission may prohibit individuals training dogs or taking particular species from carrying axes, saws, tree-climbing equipment, and other implements that may facilitate the unlawful taking of wildlife, except tree-climbing equipment may be carried and used by persons lawfully taking raccoons and opossums during open season."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.