H23 - Various State and Local Government Provisions. (SL 2025-67)

Overview: Part V of S.L. 2025-67 (House Bill 23) does the following:

• Codifies the session law language that established the Lake Norman Marine Commission and makes various revisions to the laws that govern the Commission.
• Subjects individuals serving on the Lake Norman Marine Commission to the State Ethics Act, which would require them to submit a Statement of Economic Interest to the State Ethics Commission.
• Makes various conforming changes to the statute that governs the membership of the Catawba/Wateree River Basin Advisory Commission.
• Provides that the initial appointments to the governing board of the Lake Norman Marine Commission become effective on the date that is seven calendar days following the adoption by three or more eligible local governments of a joint resolution reconstituting the Lake Norman Marine Commission.
• Provides that all rules, regulations, and decisions made by the predecessor Lake Norman Marine Commission remain in full force and effect until and unless duly modified by the reconstituted Lake Norman Marine Commission.

This Part became effective July 7, 2025.