H.B. 93
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Feb 13, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
H D
HOUSE BILL DRH40050-BR-6
Short Title: Allow Preserve Operators to Purchase Rabbits. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Moss.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO ALLOW CONTROLLED RABBIT HUNTING PRESERVE OPERATORS TO
3 PURCHASE LIVE BOX-TRAPPED RABBITS AND SELL RABBITS TO OTHER
4 LICENSED OPERATORS.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. G.S. 113-273(g) reads as rewritten:
7 "(g) Controlled Hunting Preserve Operator License. – The Wildlife Resources
8 Commission is authorized by rule to set standards for and to license the operation of controlled
9 hunting preserves operated by private persons. Controlled hunting preserves are of three types:
10 one is an area marked with appropriate signs along the outside boundaries on which only
11 domestically raised chukars, Hungarian partridges, and game birds other than wild turkeys are
12 taken; one is an area enclosed with a dog-proof fence on which rabbits may be hunted with dogs
13 only; and one is an area enclosed with a dog-proof fence on which foxes and coyotes may be
14 hunted with dogs only. A controlled fox and coyote hunting preserve operated for private use
15 may be of any size; a controlled hunting preserve operated for commercial purposes shall be an
16 area of not less than 500 acres or of such size as set by regulation of the Wildlife Resources
17 Commission, which shall take into account differences in terrain and topography, as well as the
18 welfare of the wildlife.
19 Operators of controlled fox hunting preserves may purchase live foxes and coyotes from
20 licensed trappers who live-trap foxes and coyotes during any open season for trapping them and
21 may, at any time, take live foxes from their preserves for sale to other licensed operators.
22 Operators of controlled rabbit hunting preserves may purchase live box-trapped rabbits from
23 licensed hunters who box-trap live rabbits during any open season for trapping them and may, at
24 any time, take live rabbits from their preserves for sale to other licensed operators. The controlled
25 hunting preserve operator license for domestically raised birds, foxes, and coyotes may be
26 purchased for a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The controlled hunting preserve operator
27 license for rabbits may be purchased for a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The controlled
28 hunting preserve operator license is an annual license issued beginning 1 July each year running
29 until the following 30 June."
30 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRH40050-BR-6*


Statutes affected:
Filed: 113-273
Edition 1: 113-273