GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 134

Short Title:  State Trail Designation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Sherron, Allran, Cochrane, Kaplan, Shaw; Basnight, Carpenter, Johnson, Odom, Perdue, Plexico, Plyler, Sands, Staton, Tally, Ward, and Warren.
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Referred to:  Travel and Tourism and Cultural Resources.
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February 20, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DESIGNATE STATE TRAILS BY WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND OTHER UNITS OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT TO POSSESS AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 113A-87 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113A-87. Authority to designate trails.
The Department may establish and designate components of the North Carolina Trails System on (i)	lands administered by the Department, (ii) lands under the jurisdiction of a State department, political subdivision, or federal agency, or (iii) private lands; provided, fee-simple title, lesser estates, scenic easements, easements of surface ingress and egress running with the land, leases , or other written agreements are obtained from landowners through which a State trail may pass."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.