SB 339 — 2022 WRC Amendments.

SECTION 4.(c) Implementation.

– No person shall possess or use any substance or material that contains or is labeled as containing any excretion collected from a cervid, including feces, urine, blood, gland oil, or other bodily fluid for the purposes of taking or attempting to take, attracting, or scouting wildlife.

This prohibition shall not applyto the followingsubstances:

(1) Products containing synthetic analogs of cervid excretions and labeled as such;

and (2) Natural deer urine products identified as free of chronic wasting disease (CWD) based on testing by an independent laboratory using a method that may help detect the presence of CWD prions from facilities that comply with a federally approved CWD herd certification program and any federal CWD protocols.

SECTION 4.(d) Additional Rulemaking Authority.

– Notwithstanding G.S.

150B-21.2, the Commission shall adopt a permanent rule to amend the Cervid Excretion Rule consistent with subsection (c) of this section using the procedure for temporary rules set forth in G.S.

150B-21.1(a3).

Notwithstanding G.S.

150B-19(4), the rule adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section shall be substantively identical to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.

Rules adopted by the Commission in accordance with this section shall be subject to review by the Rules Review Commission as provided by G.S.

150B-21.1(b);

provided, however, that if the rules are approved by the Rules Review Commission, they shall become effective as provided by G.S.

150B-21.3(b).

Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall not be subject to G.S.

150B-21.3(b2) or G.S.

150B-21.4.

SECTION 4.(e) Applicability and Sunset.

– This section and rules adopted pursuant tothissectionapplytoanycervidexcretionsusedforhuntingonorafterJuly1,2022.This section expires when permanent rules adopted as required by subsection (d) of this section become effective.

INCLUDE PUBLIC MOUNTAIN TROUT WATERS IN RESIDENT SUBSISTENCE UNIFIED INLAND/COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE WAIVER SECTION 5.

113-351(d)20-292 reads as rewritten:

Page"§ 220-292. Senate Bill 339-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 "(d) Resident Subsistence Unified Inland/Coastal Recreational Fishing License Waiver.

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This waiveract authorizesis theeffective waiverwhen holderit tobecomes fishlaw. with hook and line for all fish in all inland fishing waters and joint fishing waters, except for including public mountain trout waters, and to engage in recreational fishing in coastal fishing waters.

County*S339-v-1* departments of social services shall supply the Wildlife Resources Commission with the name, mailing address, and telephone number of each individual who receives a waiver." DEFINE "DOMESTICALLY RAISED WATERFOWL AND GAME BIRDS" SECTION 6.

G.S.

113-129 reads as rewritten:

"§ 113-129.

Definitions relating to resources.

The following definitions and their cognates apply in the description of the various marine and estuarine and wildlife resources:

… (5b) DomesticallyRaised Waterfowl and Game Birds.

– Propagated mallard ducks in accordance with 50 C.F.R.

§ 21.13, bobwhite quail, ringed neck pheasants, chukar partridges, and Hungarian partridges.

(5c) Farmed Cervid.

– Anymember of the Cervidae family, other than white-tailed deer, elk, mule deer, or black-tailed deer, that is bought and sold for commercial purposes.

(5c)(5d) Feral Swine.

– Free-ranging mammals of the species Sus scrofa.

…." EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 7.

Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.

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