NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 259

HOUSE BILL 453

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS ON OR ACROSS ANY HIGHWAY IN HAYWOOD COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm from, on or across any highway or public road or highway right- of-way or public road right-of-way in Haywood County without the written permission of the owners of the land abutting the highway or road where the shooting occurs.  Any violation of this Act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of April, 1969.