A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit the capture, injury, killing, or disturbance of bats.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑337 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑337.  Unlawful acts; penalties.
(a)	It is unlawful:
(1)	To take, possess, transport, sell, barter, trade, exchange, export, or offer for sale, barter, trade, exchange or export, or give away for any purpose including advertising or other promotional purpose any animal on a protected wild animal list, except as authorized according to the regulations of the Commission, including those promulgated pursuant to G.S. 113‑333(1).
(1a)	To capture, injure, or kill a bat, disturb a bat in its roost, or deliberately disturb a group of bats, or intentionally obstruct access to a bat roost; however, nothing in this subdivision prevents a certified wildlife control agent from engaging in bat exclusion actions otherwise authorized by the Commission.(2)	To perform any act specifically prohibited by the regulations of the Commission promulgated pursuant to its authority under G.S. 113‑333.
(b)	Each person convicted of violating the provisions of this Article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.