GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1045

HOUSE BILL 2269

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NO-WAKE SPEED ZONE IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than a no-wake speed from the American Fish Company westward to Doshers Creek in the Southport Boat Harbor and in the Intracoastal Waterway between Waterway Marker 75 and Waterway Marker 85, in the area of Shallotte Point and Bricklanding.  No-wake speed is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake.

Sec. 2.  With regard to marking the no-wake speed zone established in Section 1 of this act, Brunswick County or its designee may place and maintain the markers in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System and any supplementary standards for such system adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  All markers of the no-wake speed zone must be buoys or floating signs placed in the water and must be sufficient in number and size as to give adequate warning of the no-wake speed zone to the vessels approaching from various directions.

Sec. 3.  This act is enforceable under G.S. 75A-17 as if it were a provision of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes.

Sec. 4.  Violation of Section 1 of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each violation.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification and is enforceable after markers complying with Section 2 of this act are placed in the water.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 1988.