GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 402
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/01

Short Title:	Bertie County Hunting.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit road hunting, to regulate hunting on the land of another, and to prohibit the taking of deer from a boat in BERTIE county. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird, or to attempt to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird, with the use of a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across, or over the roadway or right‑of‑way of any public road, street, or highway, or to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from, on, across, or over the roadway of any public road, street, or highway.
SECTION 2.  It is unlawful to possess a loaded shotgun or rifle while on the roadway or right‑of‑way of any public road, street, or highway outside the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
SECTION 3.  It is unlawful to hunt with or possess a firearm or bow and arrow on the land of another without permission of the landowner or the landowner's lessee.
SECTION 4.  It is unlawful to discharge a shotgun, rifle, or bow and arrow on the land of another, or on or across the land of another from a public roadway or right‑of‑way, without the permission of the landowner or the landowner's lessee.
SECTION 5.  It is unlawful to take deer with the aid of a boat in or within 100 yards of the Roanoke River above the U.S. Highway 17 bridge.
SECTION 6.  Violations of Sections 1 through 5 of this act are Class 3 misdemeanors.
SECTION 7.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
SECTION 8.  This act applies only to Bertie County.
SECTION 9.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001.