GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 688

HOUSE BILL 774

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A "NO-WAKE" SPEED ZONE FOR MOTORBOATS AT SUNSET HARBOR AND THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel at greater than no-wake speed upon any of the waters within the community of Sunset Harbor and the Village of Bald Head Island, provided that the restricted areas are marked in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System by the community or its designee.

Sec. 2.  "No-wake speed" is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake.

Sec. 2.1.  Any person who violates this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00).

Sec. 3.  This law shall be enforced by officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, and by the Brunswick County Sheriff.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective August 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 1987.