GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 376

Short Title:        Landowners/Lessees May Trap Coyotes.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Bingham (Primary Sponsor);  Brock and Newton.
Referred to:	Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

March 21, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow landowners and lessees to trap coyotes on their land at any time.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113-291.2 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(g) Subject to all the trapping requirements set forth in G.S. 113-291.6, a person may trap coyotes and authorize the trapping of coyotes on lands owned by or under lease to that person, in order to control populations of coyotes at any time during the year."

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