GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 772
Committee Substitute Reported Without Prejudice 4/13/99

Short Title:  Wrightsville Beach No-Wake Zone.	(Local)

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March 31, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NO-WAKE ZONE IN THE WATERS OF LEE'S CUT IN THE CITY OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed in the waters of Lee's Cut in the Town of Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover County.  No-wake speed is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake.
Section 2.  The Town of Wrightsville Beach or its designee may place and maintain markers in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System and any supplementary standards for that system adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  All markers of the no-wake speed zone shall be buoys or floating signs placed in the water and must be in sufficient number and size to give adequate warning of the no-wake speed zone to vessels approaching from various directions.
Section 3.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Section 4.  This act is enforceable under G.S. 75A-17 as if it were a provision of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes.
Section 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law and is enforceable after markers complying with Section 2 of this act are placed in the water to mark the no-wake zone.