North Carolina § 143B-135 - 230. Purpose.

§ 143B-135. 230. Purpose.

It is the intent of the General Assembly to support and accelerate the State's programs of land conservation and protection and farmland and open space preservation and coordination to find means to assure and increase funding for these programs, to support the long-term management of conservation lands acquired by the State, and to improve the coordination, efficiency, and implementation of the various State and local land protection programs operating in North Carolina. It is the further intent of the General Assembly that moneys from the Fund created under this Part shall be used to help finance projects that enhance or restore degraded surface waters; protect and conserve surface waters, including drinking supplies, and contribute toward a network of riparian buffers and greenways for environmental, educational, and recreational benefits; provide buffers around military bases to protect the military mission; acquire land that represents the ecological diversity of North Carolina; and acquire land that contributes to the development of a balanced State program of historic properties. It is the further intent of the General Assembly that the State's lands should be protected in a manner that minimizes any adverse impacts on the ability of local governments to carry out their broad mandates. History (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 27.6(a); 2003-340, s. 1.3; 2007-549, s. 1; 2011-374, s. 2.1; 2014-100, s. 14.8(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(k1); 2020-78, s. 8.4(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - Former Article 18 of Chapter 113A (G.S. 113A-251 to G.S. 113A-259) was recodified as Part 41 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B (G.S. 143B-135.230 to G.S. 143B-135.248) by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(k1), effective July 1, 2015. Historical citations and case annotations from former sections have been added to corresponding sections in new Part 41 as recodified. Former G.S. 113A-251 was recodified as G.S. 143B-135.231 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(k1), effective July 1, 2015. "Part" was substituted for "Article" in this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2003-340, s. 1.3, recodified former G.S. 113-145.1 through 113-145.8 as present G.S. 113A-251 through 113A-259 in Article 18 of Chapter 113A . For provisions of Session Laws 2006-223 preamble and ss. 1-12, which created the Land and Water Conservation Study Commission, see note at G.S. 113-44.15 . Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.1, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.3, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-549, s. 1, effective August 31, 2007, inserted "including innovative pilot projects" in the second sentence of the first paragraph. Session Laws 2011-374, s. 2.1, effective June 27, 2011, in the first paragraph, inserted "preserve" in the first sentence, and inserted "enhancing" in the last sentence; and in the last paragraph, substituted "and protecting, preserving, and conserving unpolluted surface waters, including enhancement or development of drinking water supplies" for "and protecting and conserving unpolluted surface waters, including urban drinking water supplies" in the first sentence, added the third sentence, and inserted "and the preservation of property for establishing clean water supplies" in the last sentence. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 14.8(a), effective July 1, 2014, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2020-78, s. 8.4(a), effective July 1, 2020, recodified G.S. 113A-240(a) and (b) as subsections (a) and (c) of this section. Session Laws 2020-78, s. 8.4(b), effective July 1, 2020, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, deleted "continue to" preceding "support and" in the beginning and added "and farmland and open space preservation and coordination" near the middle and designated the existing provisions of this section as subsection (b). Legal Periodicals. - For article, "The Evolution of Modern North Carolina Environmental and Conservation Policy Legislation," see 29 Campbell L. Rev. 535 (2007).