Bill Summaries: H362 PASQUOTANK HUNTING

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  • Summary date: Jun 16 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO REGULATE HUNTING WITH CENTERFIRE RIFLES IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY AND TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM VESSELS ON PORTIONS OF THE TAR RIVER IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 3/15/11, 3/31/11, and 6/14/11. Enacted June 16, 2011. Effective October 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: Jun 14 2011 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Prohibits the hunting from any vessel in the Tar River from Springfield Road to the Dunbar Bridge, except that a vessel may be used for transportation to and from otherwise lawful hunting stands upon land owned or leased by a person or upon which a person has written permission to hunt. Provides that violation of this provision is a Class 3 misdemeanor. Applies to Edgecombe County. Makes conforming changes, and a conforming change to the bill title.


  • Summary date: Mar 31 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Makes it unlawful to hunt with a centerfire rifle except from a platform (was, from a permanent or portable stationary stand) that raises the lower level of the barrel to at least 8 feet above ground level.


  • Summary date: Mar 15 2011 - View Summary

    Makes it unlawful to hunt, as defined, in Pasquotank County with a centerfire rifle except from a stationary stand which raises the lower level of the barrel to a minimum of eight feet above ground level. Exempts landowners and lessees of property using a centerfire rifle for self-protection or to prevent crop destruction from the prohibition. Makes a violation an infraction, with a penalty of $10 and court costs. Authorizes enforcement by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction. Applies to acts committed on or after October 1, 2011.