Daily bulletin [2019 : February 12]

2/12/2019 The Daily Bulletin: 2019-02-12 | Legislative Reporting Service И UNC SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT The Daily Bulletin: 2019-02-12 PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS H 49 (2019-2020) RESPONSIBLE DEER MANAGEMENT ACT. Filed Feb 12 2019 , AN ACT TO IMPOSE A DUTY TO AVOID WANTON WASTE ON PERSONS TAKING WILDLIFE DUE TO CROP DEPREDATION. Modifies provisions concerning depredation permits issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission), set out in GS I l3-274(c)(la). Current law authorizes the taking, destruction, and removal of undesirable, harmful, predatory, excess, or surplus wildlife or wildlife resources. Current law further specifies that no depredation permit or license is needed for the owner or lessee of property to take wildlife while committing depredations upon the property. Modifies the statute to now specify that bag and season limits apply to property owners or lessees taking wildlife while hunting upon the property, though no license is needed. Further, now requires a depredation permit to be issued pursuant to the subsection for taking more than the daily or season limits of wildlife. Creates a process for property owners or lessees to request a depredation permit for deer, requiring the Commission to study the deer population on the property and set a taking limit for that property, with the limit applicable to the owner and any lessee of the property. Creates a new requirement for any owner or lessee to notify the Commission of a wildlife taking within 24 hours by email or online reporting. Requires the Commission to impose a duty to avoid wanton waste on any owner or lessee of land with respect to deer taken on their property. Defines wanton waste to mean to kill or cripple deer without making a reasonable eft'ort to retrieve and properly dispose of it. Defines properly dispose of a deer to include donations to food banks and other nonprofits, but not including sales. Effective October 1, 2019. Authorizes the Commission to issue temporary rules to implement the act. Intro, by Pittman, Sasser. GS 113 View summary Animals, Development, Land Use and Housing, Property and Housing H 50 (2019-2020) ALLOW HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR TB1/PTSD. Filed Feb 12 2019. AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO PRESCRIBE OR PROVIDE HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR VETERANS WITH TRA UMA TIC BRAIN INJURY AND POSTTRA UMA TIC STRESS DISORDER. Includes whereas clauses and titles the act. Specifies statutes reserved for future codification. Enacts Part 5, Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Services for Veterans, to Article 6 ofGS Chapter 122. Enacts GS 122C-465, setting forth defined terms. Enacts GS 122C-465.1. prohibiting any person other than an authorized medical professional from prescribing or providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment to a veteran for the treatment of traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder. Authorizes any veteran NC resident who has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder by an authorized medical professional to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment in NC. Requires prescribes and providers of such treatment to do so in a manner compliant with the standard approved treatment protocols for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Effective October 1, 2019. Intro, by Murphy, Grange, Martin, Speciale. GS 122C View summary Health and Human Services, Health, Health Care Facilities and Providers, Military and Veteran's Affairs https://lrs.sog.unc.edU/lrs-subscr-view/dailybulletin/2019-02-12# 1/17