2015 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development.
Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.
§ 113-291.7 - 7. Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.
113-291.7. Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.
(a) Local acts closing the season on bears are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 113-133.1(b) until July 1, 1981. After that date any local acts setting a year-round closed season on bears which have not by their terms expired are temporarily retained until the Wildlife Resources Commission supersedes them by adopting rules either opening a season in the county affected or carrying forward the closed-season provision.
(b) Any rule adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission that regulates the taking of female bears with cubs or that regulates the taking or possession of cub bears shall define cub bears as bears weighing less than 75 pounds. (1979, c. 830, s. 1; 1987, c. 827, s. 98; 2015-144, s. 6.)
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