Bill Text: NC H66 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Captivity License and Permit Amendments.-AB
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-06 - Ch. SL 2013-3 [H66 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H66-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE DRH10038-LL-44 (01/25)
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Short Title: Captivity License and Permit Amendments.-AB |
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Representative West. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the law providing for the issuance of captivity licenses and permits by the wildlife resources commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 113‑272.5(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) In the interests of humane treatment of wild
animals and wild birds that are lawfully taken, crippled, tame, or otherwise
unfit for immediate release into their natural habitat, the Wildlife
Resources Commission may license qualified individuals to hold at a specified
location one or more of any particular species of wild animal or wild bird
alive in captivity. captivity for scientific, educational, or
exhibition purposes. Before issuing this license, the Executive Director
must satisfy himself that issuance of the license is appropriate under the
objectives of this Subchapter, and that the wild animal or wild bird was not
acquired unlawfully or merely as a pet. Upon refusing to issue the captivity
license, the Executive Director may either take possession of the wild animal
or wild bird for appropriate disposition or issue a captivity permit under G.S. 113‑274(c)(1b)
for a limited period until the holder makes proper disposition of the wild
animal or wild bird."
SECTION 2. G.S. 113‑274(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The Wildlife Resources Commission may issue the following permits:
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(1b) Captivity Permit. – Authorizes the possession of live wildlife that may lawfully be permitted to be retained alive, in accordance with governing rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission. This permit may not substitute for any required collection license or captivity license, but may be temporarily issued for possession of wild animals or wild birds for scientific, educational, or exhibition purposes pending action on a captivity license or following its denial or termination. If this permit is issued for fish to be held indefinitely, the Wildlife Resources Commission may provide for periodic renewals of the permit, at least once each three years, to insure a review of the circumstances and conditions under which fish are kept. Wild animals and wild birds kept temporarily in captivity under this permit must be humanely treated and in accordance with any stipulations in the permit, but the standards of caging and care applicable to species kept under the captivity license do not apply unless specified in the permit. Any substantial deviation from reasonable requirements imposed by rule or administratively under the authority of this section renders the possession of the wildlife unlawful.
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SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
