BILL DRAFT 2003-RIz-9 [v.?] (4/2) 

 State Nat. & Hist. Preserve Removals 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 

 AN ACT TO REMOVE CERTAIN LANDS FROM TH^^ STATE NATURE AND 

 HISTORIC PRESERVE AND TO DELETE A PORliON OF A PARK FROM 

 THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 

 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



Whereas, Section 5 of Article XTV of the Constitution of North Carolina 

 authorizes the dedication of State and local government properties as part of the State 

 Nature and Historic Preserve upon acceptance by a law enacted by a three-fifths vote of 

 the members of each house of the General Assembly and provides for removal of 

 properties from the State Nature and Historic Preserve by a law enacted by a three-fifths 

 vote of the members of each house of the General Assembly; and 



Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Nature and Historic 

 Preserve Dedication Act, Chapter 443 of the 1973 Session Laws, to prescribe the 

 conditions and procedures under which properties may be specifically dedicated for the 

 purposes set out in Section 5 of Article XTV of the Constitution of North Carolina; and 



Whereas, G.S. 113-44.14 provides for additions to, and deletions from, the 

 State Parks System upon authorization by the General Assembly; Now, therefore. 

 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



SECTION 1. G.S. 143-260.10 reads as rewritten: 

 "§ 143-260.10. Components of State Nature and Historic Preserve. 



The following are components of the State Nature and Historic Preserve accepted by 

 the North Carolina General Assembly pvu^uant to G.S. 143-260.8: 



(1) All lands and waters withm the boundaries of the following units of 

 the State Parks System as of 6 May 2003: Baldhead Island State 

 Natural Area, Bay Tree Lake State Park, Beech Creek Bog State 

 Natural Area, Bullhead Moimtain State Natural Area, Bushy Lake 

 State Natural Area, Carolina Beach State Park, Cliffs of the Neuse 



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