GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997
Short Title: Extend Core Sound Moratorium. (Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Albertson; and Perdue.
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Referred to: Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.
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The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 547 of the 1995 Session Laws, Regular Session 1996, as amended by subsection (b) of Section 1 of Chapter 633 of the 1995 Session Laws, Regular Session 1996; Section 27.33 of Chapter 18 of the 1996 Session Laws, Second Extra Session; Section 12 of S.L. 1997-256; Section 8 of S.L. 1997-347; and Section 6.14 of S.L. 1997-400, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. Notwithstanding G.S. 113-202, a moratorium on
new shellfish cultivation leases shall be imposed in the remaining area of Core
Sound not described in Section 1 of this act. During the moratorium, a
comprehensive study of the shellfish lease program shall be conducted. The
moratorium established under this section covers that part of Core Sound
bounded by a line beginning at a point on Cedar Island at 35°00'39"N -
76°17'48"W, thence 109°(M) to a point in Core Sound
35°00'00"N - 76°12'42"W, thence 229°(M) to Marker No. 37 located 0.9
miles off Bells Point at 34°43'30"N - 76°29'00"W, thence 207°(M) to
the Cape Lookout Lighthouse at 34°37'24"N - 76°31'30"W, thence 12°(M)
to a point at Marshallberg at 34°43'07"N - 76°31'12"W, thence
following the shoreline in a northerly direction to the point of beginning
except that the highway bridges at Salters Creek, Thorofare Bay, and the Rumley
Bay ditch shall be considered shoreline. The moratorium shall expire 1 July 1998. July 1, 1999."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.