Bill Text: NC S868 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Wildlife Licenses/Eliminate Penalty

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-26 - Ch. SL 2012-81 [S868 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S868-Introduced.html

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FILED SENATE

May 22, 2012

S.B. 868

PRINCIPAL CLERK

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE DRS75198-LLf-195  (05/17)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Wildlife Licenses/Eliminate Penalty.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Newton and Brown (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT adjusting the dates of validity for licenses issued by the Wildlife resources Commission to eliminate the penalty for early renewal.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑270.1B reads as rewritten:

"§ 113‑270.1B.  License required to hunt, fish, or trap.

(a)        Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no person may hunt, fish, trap, or participate in any other activity regulated by the Wildlife Resources Commission for which a license is provided by law without having first procured a current and valid license authorizing the activity.

(b)        Except as indicated otherwise, all licenses are annual licenses valid from the date of issue for a period of 12 months.months from the effective date printed on the face of the license.

(c)        As used in this section, the term "effective date" means the later of:

(1)        The date of purchase of a new license.

(2)        The first day after the expiration of a currently valid license of the same type held by the licensee."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2012.