GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1243*

Short Title:  Lake Hickory No-Wake Zone.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Allran.

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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs.

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May 22, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NO-WAKE ZONE ON A PORTION OF LAKE HICKORY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than a no-wake speed in the small cove lying between Gull Cove Lane and Quiet Cove Lane on Lake Hickory in Catawba County.  No-wake speed is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake.
Sec. 2.  With regard to marking the no-wake speed zone established in Section 1 of this act, Catawba County or its designee may place and maintain the markers in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System and any supplementary standards for that system adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  All markers of the no-wake speed zone must be buoys or floating signs placed in the water and must be sufficient in number and size so as to give adequate warning of the no-wake speed zone to vessels approaching from various directions.
Sec. 3.  This act is enforceable under G.S. 75A-17 as if it were a provision of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes.
Sec. 4.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification, and is enforceable after markers complying with Section 2 of this act are placed in the water.