GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 485

HOUSE BILL 222

 

AN ACT TO EXPAND THE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113A-126(d)(1) is amended by rewriting the portion before the colon to read:

"(1)      A civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a minor development violation and two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a major development violation may be assessed by the Commission against any person who".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113A-126(d)(1) is amended by deleting the last sentence.

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113A-126(d)(2) is amended to read:

"(2)      For each willful action or failure to act for which a penalty may be assessed under this subsection, the Commission may consider each day the action or inaction continues after notice is given of the violation as a separate violation; a separate penalty may be assessed for each such separate violation."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1983.