GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 416

Short Title:  No Shellfish Leases in Core Sound.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Smith.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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March 11, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE ISSUANCE OF NEW SHELLFISH CULTIVATION LEASES IN CORE SOUND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 113-202, the Marine Fisheries Commission shall not grant shellfish cultivation leases for areas in Core Sound.
(b) For purposes of this act Core Sound is the body of water lying between Core Banks and the Carteret County mainland bounded on the northern end by a line from a point near Swash Inlet at 34° 58'50" N-76° 09'13" W and running 292° M to a point on Hog Island Reef at 35° 00'06" N-76° 14'52" W and on the southern end by a line from a point north of Bardens Inlet at 34° 38'16" N-76° 31'05" W running 6° M to a point at Marshallberg at 34° 43'07" N-76° 31'12" W.
Sec. 2.  This act does not prohibit the renewal or transfer of shellfish cultivation leases in Core Sound in accordance with G.S. 113-202 if the lease being renewed or transferred existed prior to or on the effective date of this act.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification and expires on July 1, 1995.