GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1632

Short Title:  Kitty Hawk/Nags Head/Ordinances.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representative Culpepper.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWNS OF KITTY HAWK AND NAGS HEAD TO REGULATE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WATERWAYS ADJACENT TO THOSE TOWNS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-176.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-176.2.  Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.
(a)	A city may adopt ordinances to regulate and control swimming, personal watercraft operation, surfing and littering in the Atlantic Ocean and other waterways adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any city to prohibit altogether swimming or surfing or to make these activities unlawful.
(b)	Subsection (a) of this section applies to the Towns of Atlantic Beach, Cape Carteret, Carolina Beach, Caswell Beach, Emerald Isle, Holden Beach, Kitty Hawk, Long Beach, Nags Head, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Topsail Beach, Wrightsville Beach, and Yaupon Beach, and the City of Southport only."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.