North Carolina § 75A-6 - 1. Navigation rules.

§ 75A-6. 1. Navigation rules.

Every vessel operated on the waters of this State that is required to obtain an identification number pursuant to this Chapter, has a valid marine document issued by the federal Bureau of Customs or any federal agency successor to it, or issued pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state shall comply with the navigation rules, including requirements for navigational lights, sound-signaling devices, and other equipment, contained in the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980, codified as amended at 33 U.S.C. §§ 2001-2038, 2071-2073 (1993) and rules adopted pursuant thereto, see 33 C.F.R. Part 84 (1992). The Commission is responsible for the enforcement of the rules specified in subsection (a) of this section. The rules specified in subsection (a) of this section are also enforceable by all peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction. Violation of any rule governing navigational lighting adopted by the Commission shall constitute an infraction as provided in G.S. 14-3.1. History (1993, c. 361, s. 1; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 44; 2006-185, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 18B.15(a); 2013-380, s. 4.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 18B.15(f), made the amendments to this section by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 18B.15(a), effective December 1, 2013, and provides: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this section are not abated or affected by this section, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this section remain applicable to those prosecutions." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5 is a severability clause. Session Laws 2013-380, s. 12, made the amendment to subsection (c) by Session Laws 2013-380, s. 4, applicable to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2013. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-185, s. 1, effective January 1, 2007, and applicable to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2007, substituted "Chapter, has a valid marine document issued by the federal Bureau of Customs or any federal agency successor to it, or issued" for "Chapter or" near the beginning of subsection (a) and deleted "Wildlife Resources" preceding "Commission" at the beginning of the first sentence of subsection (b). Session Laws 2013-360, s. 18B.15(a), effective December 1, 2013, substituted "an infraction as provided in G.S. 14-3.1" for "a Class 3 misdemeanor and is punishable only by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00)" in subsection (c). For effective date and applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2013-380, s. 4, effective December 1, 2013, rewrote subsection (c), which formerly read "Violation of the navigation rules specified in subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and is punishable only by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00)." For applicability, see editor's note.