GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-453
SENATE BILL 552

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN HUNTING BIG GAME.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is unlawful to discharge a firearm from the right-of-way of a State-numbered road for the purpose of taking big game animals.
Section 2.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Section 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
Section 4.  This act applies only to McDowell County, but shall not apply to those portions of the county along NC Highway 105 where there are game lands on both sides of the road. 
Section 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1997.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of August, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives