GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 333

Short Title:  Run Hill State Natural Area.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Albertson, Dannelly, Martin of Pitt, Winner, Gulley, Martin of Guilford, Warren, Hoyle, Kerr, and Perdue.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources

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March 8, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF RUN HILL STATE NATURAL AREA TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Whereas, Section 5 of Article XIV of the State Constitution states that it shall be a proper function of the State of North Carolina to acquire and preserve park, recreational, and scenic areas and, in every other appropriate way, to preserve as a part of the common heritage of this State its openlands and places of beauty; and
Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and recreational resources, and that such resources are part of the heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors and descendants; and 
Whereas, Run Hill in Dare County is one of the last remaining examples of a large, active dune formation; is an essential part of the Jockeys Ridge/Nags Head Woods ecosystem; and has been found to possess geological and biological resources of statewide significance; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  In accordance with G.S. 113-44.14(b), the General Assembly authorizes the addition of Run Hill State Natural Area to the State Parks System.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.