GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 435

 

 

Short Title:        McDowell/Burke Firing from Road.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Dobson (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Judiciary II.

April 1, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to prohibit the discharge of a firearm from, on, or across the right‑of‑way of highway 105 or State road 1238 in Burke and mcdowell counties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful to discharge a firearm from, on, or across the right‑of‑way of N.C. Highway 105 or N.C. State Road 1238.

SECTION 2.  Section 4 of S.L. 1997‑453 reads as rewritten:

"Section 4.  This act applies only to McDowell County, but shall not apply to those portions of the county along NC Highway 105 where there are game lands on both sides of the road. County."

SECTION 3.  Violation of Section 1 of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

SECTION 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

SECTION 5.  This act applies only to Burke and McDowell Counties.

SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.