North Carolina General Assembly 1979 Session
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NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1979 SESSION RESOLUTION 21 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1128 A JOINT RESOLUTION DEDICATING PROPERTIES AS PART OF THE STATE NATURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVE. Whereas, Article XIV, Section 5 of the North Carolina Constitution authorizes the dedication of State and local government properties as part of the State Nature and Historic Preserve, upon acceptance by resolution adopted by a vote of three fifths of the members of each house of the General Assembly; and Whereas, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the State Nature and Historic Preserve Dedication Act, Chapter 443, 1973 Session Laws to prescribe the conditions and procedures under which properties may be specially dedicated for the purposes enumerated by Article XIV, Section 5 of the North Carolina Constitution; and Whereas, the 1973 General Assembly sought to declare units of the State park system and certain historic sites as parts of the State Nature and Historic Preserve by adoption of Resolution 84 of the 1973 Session of the General Assembly; and Whereas, the effective date of 1973 Session Laws, Resolution 84 was May 10, 1973, while the effective date of Article XIV, Section 5, of the North Carolina Constitution and Chapter 443 of the 1973 Session Laws was July 1, 1973, thereby making Resolution 84 ineffective to confer the intended designation to the properties cited therein; and Whereas, the General Assembly desires to reaffirm its intention to accept certain properties enumerated in Resolution 84 of the 1973 General Assembly and to add certain properties acquired since the adoption of said Resolution as part of the State Nature and Historic Preserve; and Whereas, the Council of State pursuant to G.S. 143-260.6 et seq. has petitioned the General Assembly to adopt a resolution pursuant to Article XIV, Section 5 of the North Carolina Constitution accepting the following properties owned by the State of North Carolina for inclusion in the State Nature and Historic Preserve; and Whereas, these properties have been acquired and are being utilized for the public purposes set forth in Article XIV, Section 5 of the North Carolina Constitution; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: Section 1. The General Assembly dedicates all lands and waters hereinafter described as components of the State Nature and Historic Preserve: (1) All land and waters within the boundaries of the following components of the State Parks System as of March 6, 1979: Bay Tree Lake, Bushy Lake Natural Area, Cliffs of the Neuse State Park, Crowders Mountain State Park, Duke Power Recreation Area, Fort Macon State Park, Goose Creek State Park, Hammocks Beach State Park, Hanging Rock State Park, Hemlock Bluffs Natural Area, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Jones Lake State Park, Lake Waccamaw, Lake Waccamaw State Park, Merchants Millpond State Park, Morrow Mountain State Park, Mount Jefferson State Park, Mount Mitchell State Park, Pilot Mountain State Park, Raven Rock State Park, Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area, Singletary Lake State Park, South Mountains State General Assembly of North Carolina 1979 Park, Stone Mountain State Park, Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, and White Lake. (2) All lands and waters within the boundaries of the Carolina Beach State Park in New Hanover County as of March 6, 1979, lying west of Dow Road, S.R. 1573. (3) All lands and waters within the boundaries of Mitchells Millpond Natural Area in Wake County as of March 6, 1979, lying north of S.R. 2224. (4) All lands and waters within the boundaries of Eno River State Park as of March 6, 1979, with the exception of those tracts recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated March 6, 1979. (5) All lands within the boundaries of Pettigrew State Park as of March 6, 1979, with the exception of the tract recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated March 6, 1979. (6) All lands and waters within the boundaries of William B. Umstead State Park as of March 6, 1979, with the exception of those tracts recommended for exclusion in the petition of the Council of State dated March 6, 1979. (7) All lands and waters located within the boundaries of the following Historic Sites as of March 6, 1979: Alamance Battleground Historic Site, Historic Bath Historic Site, Bentonville Battleground Historic Site, Brunswick Town Historic Site, Governor Richard Caswell Memorial/C.S.S. Neuse Historic Site, Duke Homestead Historic Site, House in the Horseshoe Historic Site, James Iredell House Historic Site, President James K. Polk Memorial Historic Site, Stagville Preservation Center Historic Site, State Capitol Historic Site, Town Creek Indian Mound Historic Site, Tryon Palace Historic Site, Governor Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace Historic Site, and Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Site. Sec. 2. In accordance with G.S. 143-260.8(e) the Secretary of State is directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Register of Deeds of the counties wherein the above dedicated properties are located. Sec. 3. This resolution is effective upon ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1979. Page 2 Introduced Bill .