GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 476

Short Title:  Nature and Historic Preserve Changes.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Sherron.
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Referred to:  Rules.
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CODIFY THE JOINT RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPERTIES IN THE STATE NATURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVE, TO REMOVE CERTAIN LAND FROM JOCKEY'S RIDGE STATE PARK AND MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK FROM THE STATE NATURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVE, AND TO REPEAL TWO STATUTES CONCERNING THAT PRESERVE.
Whereas, Article XIV, Section 5 of the North Carolina Constitution authorizes the dedication of State and local government properties as part of the State Nature and Historic Preserve, upon acceptance by resolution adopted by a vote of three-fifths of the members of each house of the General Assembly and removal of properties from that Preserve by law adopted by three-fifths of the members of each house of the General Assembly; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-260.10 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-260.10. Components of State Nature and Historic Preserve.
The following are components of the State Nature and Historic Preserve accepted by the North Carolina General Assembly pursuant to G.S. 143-260.8:
(1)	All lands and waters within the boundaries of the following units of the State Parks System as of April 4, 1989:  Baldhead Island State Natural Area, Bay Tree Lake State Park, Boones Cave State Park, Bushy Lake State Natural Area, Carolina Beach State Park, Cliffs of the Neuse State Park, Chowan Swamp State Natural Area, Dismal Swamp State Natural Area, Duke Power State Recreation Area, Eno River State Park, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area,  Fort Macon State Park, Goose Creek State Park, Hammocks Beach State Park, Hanging Rock State Park, Hemlock Bluffs Natural Area, Jones Lake State Park, Lake James State Park, Lake Waccamaw State Park, Masonboro Island, Medoc Mountain State Park, Merchants Millpond State Park, Mitchells Millpond State Natural Area north of S.R. 2224, Mount Jefferson State Park, Mount Mitchell State Park, Pilot Mountain State Park, Raven Rock State Park, Singletary Lake State Park, South Mountains State Park, Stone Mountain State Park, Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area, and Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve.
	(2)	All lands and waters within the boundaries of William B. Umstead State Park as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of Tract Number 65, containing 22.93140 acres as shown on a survey prepared by John S. Lawrence (RLS) and Bennie R. Smith (RLS), entitled ‘Property of The State of North Carolina William B. Umstead State Park', dated January 14, 1977, and as removed from the State Nature and Historic Preserve by Chapter 450, Section 1 of the 1985 Session Laws. The State of North Carolina may only exchange this land for other land for the expansion of William B. Umstead State Park or sell and use the proceed for that purpose.  The State of North Carolina may not otherwise sell or exchange this land.
(3)	All lands within the boundaries of Jockey's Ridge State Park as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of the tract recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated April 4, 1989, on file with the Secretary of Administration.
(4)	All lands within the boundaries of Morrow Mountain State Park as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of the tract recommended for the exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated April 4, 1989, on file with the Secretary of Administration.
	(5) All lands within the boundaries of Pettigrew State Park as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of the tract recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated April 4, 1989, on file with the Secretary of Administration.
(6)	All land within the boundaries of Crowder's Mountain State Park as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of the tract recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated April 4, 1989, on file with the Secretary of Administration.
(7)	All lands owned in fee simple by the State at the New River Scenic River as of April 4, 1989, with the exception of the tract recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated April 4, 1989, on file with the Secretary of Administration.
	(8) All lands and waters located within the boundaries of the following State Historic Sites as of March 6, 1979: Alamance Battleground Historic Site, Historic Bath Historic Site, Bentonville Battleground Historic Site, Brunswick Town Historic Site, Governor Richard Caswell Memorial/C.S.S. Neuse Historic Site, Duke Homestead Historic Site, House in the Horseshoe Historic Site, James Iredell House Historic Site, President James K. Polk Memorial Historic Site, Stagville Preservation Center Historic Site, State Capitol Historic Site, Town Creek Indian Mound Historic Site, Tryon Palace Historic Site, Governor Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace Historic Site, and Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Site."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-260.10A is repealed.
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-260.10B is repealed.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.