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    HB 640 - Outdoor Heritage Act

    FYI...I know a lot of NC folks are following this bill and the Sunday hunting issues. Last night the bill passed the House. I have copied below the language of Section 5 of the bill which is the section dealing with Sunday hunting. One significant change from the language of the original bill is that we can still run dogs on Sunday so long as no firearms are involved - same as it has been for years (see GS 103-2(a)(2). The bill now goes to the Senate.

    SECTION 5.(a) G.S. 103‑2 reads as rewritten:

    "§ 103‑2. Hunting Method of take when hunting on Sunday.

    (a) If any person shall, except in defense of his own property, hunt on Sunday, having with him a shotgun, rifle, or pistol, he Any landowner or member of his or her family, or any person with written permission from the landowner, may hunt with the use of firearms on Sunday on the landowner's property except that:

    (1) Hunting of migratory birds on Sunday is prohibited.

    (2) The use of a firearm to take deer that are run or chased by dogs on Sunday is prohibited.

    (3) Hunting on Sunday within 500 yards of a place of worship or any accessory structure thereof, or within 500 yards of a residence not owned by the landowner, is prohibited.

    (4) Hunting on Sunday in a county having a population greater than 700,000 people is prohibited.

    (b) A person who hunts on Sunday in a manner prohibited under subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Provided, that the provisions hereof shall not be of this section are not applicable to military reservations, the jurisdiction of which is exclusively in the federal government, or to field trials authorized by the Wildlife Resources Commission. Commission, or to actions taken in defense of a person's property. Wildlife protectors are granted authority to enforce the provisions of this section."

    SECTION 5.(b) G.S. 153A‑129 reads as rewritten:

    "§ 153A‑129. Firearms.

    (a) A Except as provided in this section, a county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the discharge of firearms at any time or place except in any of the following instances:

    (1) when When used to take birds or animals pursuant to Chapter 113, Subchapter IV, IV.

    (2) when When used in defense of person or property, property.

    (3) or when When used pursuant to lawful directions of law‑enforcement officers.

    (b) A county may by ordinance prohibit hunting on Sunday as allowed under G.S. 103‑2, provided the ordinance complies with all of the following:

    (1) The ordinance shall be applicable from January 1 until December 31 of any year of effectiveness.

    (2) The ordinance shall allow for individuals hunting in an adjacent county with no restriction on Sunday hunting to retrieve any animal lawfully shot from the adjacent county.

    (3) The ordinance shall be applicable to the entire county.

    (c) A county may also regulate the display of firearms on the public roads, sidewalks, alleys, or other public property.

    (d) This section does not limit a county's authority to take action under Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes."

    SECTION 5.(c) Subsection (b) of this section becomes effective October 1, 2017. A county may adopt an ordinance to prohibit Sunday hunting prior to October 1, 2017, but any such ordinance shall not become effective until October 1, 2017. The remainder of this section becomes effective October 1, 2015.

    Re: HB 640 - Outdoor Heritage Act








    tHIS BILL, UDER THE GUISE OF OUTDOOR HERITAGE IS THE CHILD OF THE NCWRC AND THE NC FARM BUREAU WHICH WAS DEFEATED ONCE IN 2011 THEN CALLED LANDOWNERS PROTECTION ACT. IT IS NOW AND WAS THEN A REACTION OF BIG MONEY AT WORK WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE IN THE FORM OF DONATIONS TO CAMPAIGNS AND AND THE POWER GRAB WE HAVE GOTEN USE TO FROM THE NCWRC. SUNDAY HUNTING IS ANOTHER BIG PART OF THIS BILL AND HERE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NC IS TOO SAY THE LEAST NOT VERY POPULAR IN THE COUNTIES AROUND HERE.

















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    Re: HB 640 - Outdoor Heritage Act

    Mr Harvey,
    I agree completely with your assessment of the motives behind this bill. Hope you are doing well.
    Preston

    Re: HB 640 - Outdoor Heritage Act

    Deer hunting on Sunday and not being able to turn dogs out on Sunday don't sound much like heritage to me.