NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 253

SENATE BILL 200

 

 

AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE UNDER A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS PERMITS FOR EXCAVATION AND FILLING UNDER G.S. 113-229, WETLAND ORDERS UNDER G.S. 113-230, AND PERMITS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN WETLANDS AND ESTUARINE WATERS UNDER G.S. 113A-118.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-229 is hereby amended by deleting the words "Marine Fisheries Commission" wherever they appear and substituting the words "Coastal Resources Commission".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-229(e) is hereby amended by deleting the seventh sentence and substituting the following sentence:

"The Coastal Resources Commission shall have the authority to adopt, modify and revoke official regulations interpreting and applying the provisions of this section and rules of procedure consolidating the permit required by G.S. 113A-118 (the Coastal Area Management Act) so as to eliminate all unnecessary duplication and create a single, expedited permit process."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 143B-286(2)(i) is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 113-230 is hereby amended by deleting the words "Marine Fisheries Commission" wherever they appear and substituting the words "Coastal Resources Commission".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 113A-118(c) is hereby amended to appear as follows:

"Permits shall be obtained from the commission or its duly authorized agent, with a right to appeal a permit denial to the commission pursuant to the quasi-judicial procedures provided in G.S. 113A-122."

Sec. 6.  G.S. 113A-122(a) is hereby amended as follows:

In the first sentence, insert the words "appeals of between the words "all" and "permits".

In the second sentence, delete the word "applications" and substitute the word "appeals".

Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1979.