North Carolina § 143-260 - 10E. Utility easement at William B. Umstead State Park.
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§ 143-260. 10E. Utility easement at William B. Umstead State Park.
The State of North Carolina may grant a utility easement to Carolina Power and Light Company across a tract of land within William B. Umstead State Park. The easement shall be 100 feet wide, extending 50 feet on each side of the following-described survey line: Lying and being in Leesville township, Wake County, North Carolina; BEGINNING at point B2 as shown on the Drawing hereinafter referred to, the point B2 being located in a southern property line of Raleigh Durham Airport Authority (formerly Continental Mortgage Investors) and a northern property line of the State of North Carolina; the point B2 also being located North 87 degrees 01 minute 31 seconds West 834.04 feet from a concrete monument making a southeastern corner of Raleigh Durham Airport Authority (formerly Continental Mortgage Investors); and runs thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 53 seconds East 3508.00 feet to point A2 on the Drawing, the location of Point A2 having North Carolina Coordinates Y=773, 193.769 and X=2,069,162.420, the Point A2 being located at the terminus of Carolina Power and Light Company's existing 100 foot wide right-of-way strip, as shown and described on Carolina Power and Light Company Drawing No. RW-A-5246, dated September 1977, which Drawing also shows the respective complementing sidelines going to make up the easement. The State of North Carolina may only use the proceeds from the easement described in subsection (a) of this section to acquire property at any State park. The grant of the easement within William B. Umstead State Park to Carolina Power and Light Company under this section constitutes authorization by the General Assembly that the described tract of land may be used for a utility easement, which is a purpose other than the public purposes as specified in Article XIV, Section 5, of the Constitution, Article 25B of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, and Part 32 of Article 7 [Article 2] of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes. History (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 907, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(z).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(z), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Part 32 of Article 7 [Article 2] of Chapter 143B " for "Article 2C of Chapter 113 " in subsection (c). The bracketed language was added at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.
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Section 143-260 ("10E. Utility easement at William B. Umstead State Park.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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