NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 856

SENATE BILL 693

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES BY ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE USE OF DUNE BUGGIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 15, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 160A-308.  Regulation of dune buggies. — A municipality may by ordinance regulate, restrict and prohibit the use of dune or beach buggies, jeeps, motorcycles, cars, trucks, or any other form of power-driven vehicle specified by the governing body of the municipality on the foreshore, beach strand and the barrier dune system. Violation of any ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality pursuant to this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of February, 1974.