GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



S\H 1 



BILL DRAFT ERCOO-SGZ-008 . 03 (5.4) 

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



Short Title: Mountains to Sea State Park Trail. (Public) 



Sponsors : 



Referred to; 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF THE MOUNTAINS TO SEA STATE 



3 PARK TRAIL TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 



4 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 

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6 Whereas, Section 5 of Article XIV of the State 



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



8 State of North Carolina to acquire and preserve park, 



9 recreational, and scenic areas and, in every other appropriate 



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



11 its open lands and places of beauty; and, 



12 Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks 



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



14 unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and 



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



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



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



18 and descendants; and 



