Do not recall seeing this posted and i did not find it with a couple of searches but it may well apply to some of you. This is part of a recruitment and retention effort by the state. Volunteers still make up the vast majority of Firefighters in NC and finding them is getting harder and harder.. this may be an incentive to keep some for at least 5 years.. takes the cost of an adult unified sportsman down to between the infant cost and youth cost. No idea how you go about buying it on this discount.. I assume you will have to call the NCWRC directly but I will find out.
House Bill 597 / SL 2019-204
NC General Statute change as approved by the House and Senate and signed into law by the Governor on 8/27/19
FEE REDUCTION OF LIFETIME HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ISSUABLE TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS SERVED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS
SECTION 12.
G.S. 113-276 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(o) An eligible member of a volunteer fire department for five consecutive fiscal years, including the prior fiscal year, may be issued any adult resident lifetime license issued and administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission for fifty percent (50%) of the applicable license fee amount. For purposes of this subsection, the term "eligible member" means an individual appearing on the certified roster of eligible firefighters submitted to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association under G.S. 58-86-25."
EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 13.
Sections 1 through 6 of this act become effective September 1, 2019. Sections 7 and 12 of this act become effective October 1, 2019.
Section 9 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2020.
Section 10 of this act is effective December 1, 2019, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of August, 2019.
House Bill 597 / SL 2019-204
NC General Statute change as approved by the House and Senate and signed into law by the Governor on 8/27/19
FEE REDUCTION OF LIFETIME HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ISSUABLE TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS SERVED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS
SECTION 12.
G.S. 113-276 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(o) An eligible member of a volunteer fire department for five consecutive fiscal years, including the prior fiscal year, may be issued any adult resident lifetime license issued and administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission for fifty percent (50%) of the applicable license fee amount. For purposes of this subsection, the term "eligible member" means an individual appearing on the certified roster of eligible firefighters submitted to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association under G.S. 58-86-25."
EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 13.
Sections 1 through 6 of this act become effective September 1, 2019. Sections 7 and 12 of this act become effective October 1, 2019.
Section 9 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2020.
Section 10 of this act is effective December 1, 2019, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of August, 2019.