GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 172 
HOUSE BILL 229 

AN ACT TO DECREASE THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PERMITS UNDER THE COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT ACT. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113A-121(c) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read: 
"(c)	Failure of the Secretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) to approve or deny an application for a minor permit within 25 days from receipt of application shall be treated as approval of the application, except that the Secretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) may extend the deadline by not more than an additional 25 days in exceptional cases." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 113A-122(c) is amended to read: 
"(c)	Failure of the Commission to approve or deny an application for a permit pursuant to this section within 75 days from receipt of application shall be treated as approval of the application, except the Commission may extend the deadline by not more than an additional 75 days in exceptional cases. 
Failure of the Commission to dispose of an appeal pursuant to this section within 90 days from notice of appeal shall be treated as approval of the action appealed from, except that the Commission may extend the deadline by not more than an additional 90 days if necessary to properly consider the appeal." 
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1983.