AN ACT to prohibit the possession or consumption of alcohol on rivers in polk county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to possess or consume any alcoholic beverage on the waters of any river in Polk County or within 50 feet of the banks of any river in Polk County.
SECTION 2.  This act does not apply to the actions of a landowner, the landowner's lessee, or the landowner's or lessee's guests on the landowner's property, if that property is adjacent to a river, and does not apply to that portion of the Green River that has been impounded to form Lake Adger.
SECTION 3.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
SECTION 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.  This act applies only to Polk County.
SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective August 1, 2006, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 2006.

	s/ Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/ Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives