AN ACT to extend eligibility for reduced price lifetime hunting and fishing licenses to members of volunteer rescue and emergency medical services squads.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑276(o) reads as rewritten:

(o)      An eligible member of a volunteer fire department department, rescue squad, or emergency medical services squad 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 (i) for volunteer fire department members, an individual appearing on the certified roster of eligible firefighters submitted to the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association under G.S. 58‑86‑25.G.S. 58‑86‑25 and (ii) for volunteer rescue or emergency medical services squad members, an individual appearing on the certified roster of eligible rescue or emergency medical services squad members submitted to the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, Inc., under G.S. 58‑86‑30.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2021.