GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1082

HOUSE BILL 1658

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA WATER SAFETY COMMITTEE AND WATER SAFETY COUNCIL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-279(14) and G.S. 143B-314 through G.S. 143B-316 are repealed.

Sec. 2.  The title of Article 2 of General Statutes Chapter 75A is rewritten to read:

"Local Water Safety Committees."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 75A-20 through G.S. 75A-25 are repealed.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 75A-15(a) is amended in the first sentence by substituting the word, "In" for the words, "Upon petition to it in"; and in the second sentence by striking the words, "in accordance with any standards that may have been developed by the North Carolina Water Safety Committee".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 75A-15(b) is amended by rewriting the first paragraph to read:

"Any subdivision of this State may, but only after public notice, make formal application to the Wildlife Resources Commission for special regulations on waters within the subdivision's territorial limits as to the matters listed in subsection (a) of this section. The Wildlife Resources Commission may, in accordance with applicable provisions of General Statutes Chapter 150A, adopt special regulations for local areas of water defined by the Commission that are found to be heavily used for water recreation purposes by persons from other areas of the State and as to which there is not coordinated local interest in regulation."

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1984.