GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1137

Short Title:  Sunday Hunting.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives McComas; and Gibson.

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Referred to:  Wildlife Resources.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW SUNDAY HUNTING ON LARGE TRACTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 103-2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 103-2.  Hunting on Sunday.
(a)	If any person shall, except in defense of his own property and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, hunt on Sunday, having with him a shotgun, rifle, or pistol, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.  Provided, that the provisions hereof shall not be applicable to military reservations, the jurisdiction of which is exclusively in the federal government, or to field trials authorized by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  Wildlife protectors are granted authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
(b)	A person may hunt on Sunday on a single tract of privately owned property that consists of 50 acres or more if the person is the owner or lessee of the property or if the person has written permission dated and signed by the owner or lessee of the property to hunt on Sunday on that property.  However, persons hunting under the provisions of this subsection shall not hunt within 250 feet of the property line.  For purposes of this subsection, "lessee”means a person leasing property for a period of one year or more."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.