GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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HOUSE DRH30593-LL-299  (4/30)

Short Title:     Holden Beach No-Wake Zone.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Stiller.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NO‑WAKE SPEED ZONE Near HOLDEN BEACH.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than a no‑wake speed in the Intracoastal Waterway adjacent to the Town of Holden Beach between the Holden Beach Bridge and the inlet at the Lockwood Folly River.  No‑wake speed is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake.

SECTION 2.  With regard to marking the no‑wake speed zone established in Section 1 of this act, the Town of Holden Beach, Brunswick County, or their designees may place and maintain the markers in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System and any supplementary standards for such system adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  All markers of the no‑wake speed zone shall be buoys or floating signs placed in the water and must be sufficient in number and size as to give adequate warning of the no‑wake speed zone to the vessels approaching from various directions.

SECTION 3.  This act is enforceable under G.S. 75A‑17 as if it were a provision of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes.

SECTION 4.  Violation of Section 1 of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

SECTION 5.  This act applies only to the Town of Holden Beach and the surrounding area as described in this act.

SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law and is enforceable after markers complying with Section 2 of this act are placed in the water.