Includes several whereas clauses naming 11 wildlife officers who lost their life in the line of duty, stating the protections the NC Constitution provides concerning natural resource conservation, and acknowledging the history of public service of the Wildlife Resources Commission.

Sections 1-3

Amends GS 113-270.1D, establishing a Fallen Wildlife Officers Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License (Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License) to be issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) free of charge to a surviving spouse, child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a wildlife enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Provides that this license is also to be known as the John Oliver Edwards Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License.

Amends GS 113-270.3, exempting persons who have obtained a Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License from having to obtain a nonresident bear hunting license or paying for a bear management stamp.

Amends GS 113-272.3, requiring each application for a Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License to be accompanied by proof of relationship to the fallen wildlife officer of the individual to be named as the licensee, satisfactory to the Commission. Prohibits charging the administrative fee for a personalized Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License. 

Effective July 1, 2019.

Section 4

Authorizes the Commission to adopt rules to implement the act.

Section 5

Appropriates $5,000 in nonrecurring funds to the Commission for the 2018-19 fiscal year to design and develop the Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License and to implement the act.

Section 6

Adds that the provisions of GS 143C-5-2 (concerning the order of appropriations bills) do not apply to the act