GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



S/H 



ERCOO-SGZ-011.02 (4.25) 

 15-MAY-OO EZT / 17:20:34 



ATTENTION: This is a draft and is not ready for introduction. 



Short Title: Lea Island State Natural Area. (Public) 



Sponsors : 



Referred to: 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF LEA ISLAND STATE NATURAL AREA 



3 TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 



4 REVIEW COMMISSION. 



5 Whereas, Section 5 of Article XIV of the State 



6 Constitution states that it shall be a proper function of the 



7 State of North Carolina to acquire and preserve park, 



8 recreational, and scenic areas and in every other appropriate 



9 way, to preserve as a part of the common heritage of this State 



10 its open lands and places of beauty; and, 



11 Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks 



12 Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers 



13 unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and 



14 recreational resources, and that such resources are part of the 



15 heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed 



16 by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors 



17 and descendants; and 



18 Whereas, Lea Island in Pender County is one of the few 



19 remaining undeveloped barrier islands on the North Carolina 



