NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 424

SENATE BILL 347

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 75A-15 WITH RESPECT TO SPECIAL BOATING AND WATER SAFETY REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO LOCAL WATERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Subsection (b) of G.S. 75A-15 is hereby amended by adding at the end of said subsection two sentences to read as follows:

"The Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized and empowered to adopt regulations as provided by G.S. Chapter 150A, Administrative Procedure Act, prohibiting entry of vessels into public swimming areas and establishing speed zones at public boat launching ramps, marinas, or boat service areas and on other congested water areas where there are demonstrated water safety hazards. Enforcement of such special regulations shall be dependent upon placement and maintenance of regulatory markers in accordance with the Uniform State Waterway Marking System by such agency or agencies as may be designated by the Wildlife Resources Commission."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1977.