House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 113-291.2 (pertaining to seasons and bag limits on wild animals and birds, including animals and birds taken in bag, and possession and transportation of wildlife after taking), as follows. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission, upon receiving notification of a new confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease-positive cervid (i.e., members of the deer family) in North Carolina, to issue proclamations to establish and modify Primary Surveillance Area(s) and Secondary Surveillance Area(s) and mandatory sampling requirements for cervids taken in those areas by licensed and license-exempt individuals or those otherwise permitted by the Commission. Requires that each proclamation must state the hour and date upon which it becomes effective and must be issued at least 48 hours prior to the effective date and time. Specifies that permanent file of the text of all proclamations must be maintained in the office of the Executive Director. Specifies that certified copies of proclamations are entitled to judicial notice in any civil or criminal proceeding.