North Carolina § 77-30 - Definitions.

§ 77-30. Definitions.

For purposes of this article: "Board" means the board of commissioners of Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties, North Carolina and the county council of York County, South Carolina. "Commission" means the Lake Wylie Marine Commission or its governing board as the case may be. "Commissioner" means a member of the governing board of the Lake Wylie Marine Commission. "Three counties" means Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties, North Carolina, and York County, South Carolina. "Joint ordinance" means an ordinance substantially identical in content adopted separately by the board in each of the three counties. "Lake Wylie" means the impounded body of water along the Catawba River in the three counties extending from the base of Mountain Island Dam downstream to the Catawba Dam. "Shoreline area" means, except as restricted by a joint ordinance, the area within the three counties lying within 1000 feet of the mean high-water line (570 feet) on Lake Wylie. In addition, the shoreline area includes all islands within Lake Wylie and all peninsulas extending into the waters of Lake Wylie. "Wildlife Commission" means the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the South Carolina Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources. History (1987, c. 683, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 897, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - This Article is Session Laws 1987, c. 683, as amended by Session Laws 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 897. It has been codified as Article 4 of Chapter 77 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Section 10 of Session Laws 1987, c. 683, as rewritten by Session Laws 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 897, s. 10, provides: "This act shall become effective upon enactment by the State of South Carolina and upon approval by the Congress of the United States. "Either North Carolina or South Carolina may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no withdrawal is effective until the Governor of the withdrawing state has sent formal notice in writing to the Governor of each other party state informing the Governors of the action of the legislature in repealing the Compact and declaring an intention to withdraw. This withdrawal is effective on a date set by the withdrawing state, but not less than 90 days after enactment of the withdrawal statute. In case of the withdrawal, the property of the commission must be divided in an equitable manner by the Commission as if dissolution had occurred under Section 2 [G.S. 77-22] of this act." The state of South Carolina has also enacted the compact. See 1987 Act No. 176, as amended by 1988 Act No. 679, G.S. 49-27-10 to 49-27-90, effective March 1, 1988. House Joint Resolution 644 granted the consent of the United States Congress to the compact entered into between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina establishing the Lake Wylie Marine Commission on October 28, 1988.