Bill Text: NC H591 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Study Roanoke Island Festival Park Governance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H591 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H591-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
H 1
HOUSE BILL 591
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Short Title: Cities/Public Trust Areas. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Tine (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Local Government. |
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April 6, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing cities to regulate certain structures that unreasonably restrict the public's rights to use the state's ocean beaches.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A‑205 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑205. Cities enforce ordinances within public trust areas.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 113‑131 or any other provision of law, a city may, by ordinance, define, prohibit, regulate, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions upon the State's ocean beaches and prevent or abate any unreasonable restriction of the public's rights to use the State's ocean beaches. In addition, a city may, in the interest of promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the public, regulate, restrict, or prohibit the placement, maintenance, location, or use of structures that are uninhabitable and without water and sewer services for more than 60 days, equipment, personal property, or debris upon the State's ocean beaches. A city may enforce any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section or any other provision of law upon the State's ocean beaches located within or adjacent to the city's jurisdictional boundaries to the same extent that a city may enforce ordinances within the city's jurisdictional boundaries. A city may enforce an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section by any remedy provided for in G.S. 160A‑175. For purposes of this section, the term "ocean beaches" has the same meaning as in G.S. 77‑20(e).
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to (i)
limit the authority of the State or any State agency to regulate the State's
ocean beaches as authorized by G.S. 113‑131, or common law as
interpreted and applied by the courts of this State; (ii) limit any other
authority granted to cities by the State to regulate the State's ocean beaches;
(iii) deny the existence of the authority recognized in this section prior to
the date this section becomes effective; (iv) impair the right of the people of
this State to the customary free use and enjoyment of the State's ocean
beaches, which rights remain reserved to the people of this State as provided
in G.S. 77‑20(d); (v) change or modify the riparian, littoral, or
other ownership rights of owners of property bounded by the Atlantic Ocean; or
(vi) apply to the removal of permanent residential or commercial structures and
appurtenances thereto from the State's ocean beaches.beaches, except
as provided in subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
