NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1030

HOUSE BILL 1008

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES FOR STATE RESIDENTS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-95 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:

"Any resident of this State who has attained the age of sixty-five years may, upon making application, including satisfactory proof of age, to the License Section of the Wildlife Resources Commission at its headquarters in Raleigh, and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), receive from the Commission a nontransferable combination hunting and fishing license which shall be valid for the life of such person. Such license shall not relieve the holder thereof from the purchase of any additional license or permit which may be required for hunting big game, fishing for mountain trout, hunting and fishing on public Wildlife Management areas, or using special devices for fishing inland waters. Provided, however, that any person 70 years of age or older shall be permitted to hunt and fish free of any charge upon satisfactory proof of age."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective on August 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1969.