GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 585

Short Title:  Sea Turtle Sanctuaries.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Redwine.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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April 3, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNS OF HOLDEN BEACH, LONG BEACH, OCEAN ISLE BEACH, SUNSET BEACH, AND YAUPON BEACH TO ESTABLISH SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES WITHIN THEIR TOWN LIMITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 858 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The Towns of Caswell Beach, Holden Beach, Long Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, and Yaupon Beach may create and establish sea turtle sanctuaries within the areas of the town limits above the mean low water mark, to include the foreshore. Any ordinance adopted by the towns to regulate activities within the sea turtle sanctuaries which may or will disturb or destroy a sea turtle, a sea turtle nest, or sea turtle eggs must be consistent with the ordinance powers found in G.S. 160A-174, G.S. 160A-308, and any other law.  The ordinances adopted by the towns may by cross-reference incorporate the criminal statutes regarding the taking of sea turtles at G.S. 113-189 and G.S. 113-337. It shall be unlawful for any person within the sea turtle sanctuaries to disturb or destroy a sea turtle, a sea turtle nest, or sea turtle eggs in violation of ordinances adopted by the Towns of Caswell Beach, Holden Beach, Long Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, or Yaupon Beach."
¨	Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.