AN ACT requiring the wildlife resources commission to report on its efforts to ensure compliance with local hunting laws by deer hunters using dogs in moore county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Wildlife Resources Commission shall report to the Chairs of the House Wildlife Resources Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee by March 1, 2003, on its efforts to ensure compliance with local hunting laws in Moore County. The report shall enumerate and evaluate the results of the Commission's efforts to ensure hunters' compliance with local laws and may include any recommendations the Commission may have for amending those laws or for other actions that may be taken to regulate hunting with dogs consistent with improving protection of the rights of landowners in Moore County.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of July, 2002.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2002