GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1224
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/30/89

Short Title:  Haw in Scenic River System.	(Public)
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNATING THE HAW RIVER AS A UNIT OF THE STATE NATURAL AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM TO BE MANAGED AS A STATE RIVER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development shall conduct a study and preliminary planning to determine the feasibility and costs of designating the Haw River below Swepsonville as a unit of the Natural and Scenic Rivers System to be managed as a State river.  The study and planning, at a minimum, shall:
(1)	Determine the eligibility and feasibility of including the river according to requirements of the State Parks Act, Article 2C of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes, and the Natural and Scenic Rivers Act, Article 3 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes;
(2)	Include public participation to obtain views and information on public needs and desires to protect and to use the area;
(3)	Make recommendations for the natural resource protection of the area;
(4)	Make recommendations for the recreational use of the area;
(5)	Consider the presence and jurisdiction of other natural resource agencies in the area;
(6)	Describe the resources of the area and their current uses, identify conflicts created by those uses, and propose solutions to them.
Sec. 2. The Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development shall report the results of this study to the General Assembly by January 31, 1991.  The Division shall deliver copies to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.  In addition, the Division shall deliver copies to the Governor and the Cochairmen of the Study Commission on State Parks and Recreation Areas, if that Study Commission is in existence at that time.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, the sum of $75,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year to conduct the feasibility study and preliminary planning.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.