A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the wildlife resources commission to develop and implement a coyote nuisance removal program and to increase certain hunting license fees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Wildlife Resources Commission shall develop and implement a coyote nuisance removal program aimed at diminishing the threat presented by the existence of a coyote population in this State. The Commission shall consider all appropriate and feasible options available for effectively reducing the coyote population as quickly as possible.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 113‑270.2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The hunting licenses issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission are as follows:
(1)	Resident State Hunting License –  $20.00. This license shall be issued only to an individual resident of the State.
(2)	Lifetime Resident Comprehensive Hunting License – $250.00. This license shall be issued only to an individual resident of the State and is valid for the lifetime of the holder.
(3)	Resident County Hunting License –  $15.00. This license shall be issued only to an individual resident of the State and is valid only in the county of residence of the license holder.
(4)	Controlled Hunting Preserve Hunting License – $15.00. This license shall be issued to an individual resident or nonresident to take only foxes and domestically raised game birds, other than wild turkey, only within a controlled hunting preserve licensed and operated in accordance with G.S. 113‑273(g) and implementing rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission.
(5)	Resident Annual Comprehensive Hunting License –  $35.00. This license shall be issued only to an individual resident of the State.
(6)	Nonresident State Hunting License. This license shall be issued only to a nonresident. The nonresident State hunting licenses issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission are:
a.	Season License – $60.00.
b.	Six‑Day License – $40.00. This license is valid for the six consecutive dates indicated on the license."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.