A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing the construction of temporary porous groin structures on beaches in brunswick county to slow beach erosion.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 113A‑115.1, the Coastal Resources Commission may authorize by variance or exemption the construction of a temporary, removable, adjustable porous groin system on one or more ocean beaches in Brunswick County as a technology demonstration project if the Commission finds all of the following: (i) the system can be easily and quickly removed to mitigate the risk of adverse impacts like down-drift erosion; (ii) the system and its influence will be contained within Brunswick County; (iii) the monitoring of the performance of the system will be overseen by the Division of Coastal Management staff who shall be authorized to require the removal of the system if there are indications that it is having adverse impacts on others; and (iv) the system complies with all applicable laws and rules that are in effect at the time of construction.
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Brunswick County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.