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NC Gen Stat § 113-315.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23B - Fishermen's Economic Development Program.|§ 113-315.16 - Legislative findings.

 113-315.16. Legislative findings.The legislature finds that the fishermen of North Carolina perform essential functions in providing wholesome food for the diets of the citizens of North Carolina, that they properly earn a livelihood by performing these essential functions, that they are entitled to the same or similar governmental services provided other segments of our society so as to become more proficient in the performance of these essential functions, and that the quality of life for North Carolinians is enhanced by the economic development of the fishing industry. (1973, c. 618, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23B - Fishermen's Economic Development Program.|§ 113-315.17 - Definitions.

 113-315.17. Definitions.As used in this Article:(1) "Economic development" means: giving helpful and useful aid to improve the proficiency of the citizens, and the efficiency of the operations are improved to the end that the economic well-being of fishermen is improved, the quality of life is enhanced and equality of opportunity is provided.(2) "Fisherman" means: any person, firm, corporation, cooperative, partnership, or any legally constituted group, engaged in the harvesting, handling, processing, packaging, and marketing of fishery or seafood products from coastal fishing waters as defined by G.S. 113-129. (1973, c. 618, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23B - Fishermen's Economic Development Program.|§ 113-315.18 - Fishermen's Economic Development Program.

 113-315.18. Fishermen's Economic Development Program.The Secretary is hereby authorized to provide through his Department and the extension services of the University of North Carolina those services intended to promote the economic development of the fishermen, including but not limited to:(1) Instituting business management services to promote better business management practices throughout the fishing and seafood industry, and to promote the better use of credit and other business management techniques.(2) Providing counseling services to the fishermen at all levels and assisting them in meeting the federal and State environmental, safety and health requirements.(3) Improving waterways, harbors, inlets, and generally the water transportation system of North Carolina so as to more efficiently and safely accommodate commercial and sport fishing craft, and to provide access to and from fishing grounds. (1973, c. 618, s. 1; c. 1262, s. 28; 1975, c. 19, s. 36; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 116.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23B - Fishermen's Economic Development Program.|§ 113-315.19 - Personnel needs.

 113-315.19. Personnel needs.To effectively carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth above, the Secretary may employ or contract with the extension services of the University of North Carolina to employ the following persons:(1) A person to have responsibility for the successful execution of the program and to coordinate as deemed desirable with other agencies of the State and federal government,(2) A business management specialist,(3) An insurance and finance specialist,(4) A specialist who could understand, interpret, and counsel on regulations and requirements,(5) A specialist in waterways, and water transportation, and(6) Such clerical personnel as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article. (1973, c. 618, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.26 - Personnel.

 113-315.26. Personnel.The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint any personnel as deemed necessary who shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall have the power to appoint, employ and dismiss any employees deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Article subject to the availability of funds. It is recommended that, to the fullest extent possible, the Secretary of Commerce consult with the Authority on matters of personnel.  (1979, c. 459, s. 2; 1983, c. 717, s. 24; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 164; 1989, c. 751, s. 8(13); c. 752, s. 39(d); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 24; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.27 - Executive committee.

 113-315.27. Executive committee.There shall be an executive committee consisting of the chairman of the Authority and two other members elected annually by the Authority. The executive committee shall be vested with authority to do all acts which are specifically authorized by the bylaws of the Authority. Members of the executive committee shall serve until their successors are elected. (1979, c. 459, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.28 - Purposes of Authority.

 113-315.28. Purposes of Authority.Through the Authority created by this Article, the State of North Carolina may engage in promoting, developing, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating one or more marine industrial parks within the State, or within the jurisdiction of the State, and works of internal improvements related to the purposes set forth in this section, including the acquisition or construction, maintenance and operation of watercraft and facilities located at the parks or essential for the proper operation of the parks. The Authority is created as an instrumentality of the State of North Carolina for the accomplishment of the following general purposes:(1) To develop and improve the Wanchese Marine Industrial Park, and such other marine industrial parks, including inland ports and facilities, as may be deemed feasible for a more expeditious and efficient handling of marine commerce from and to any place or places in the State of North Carolina and other states and foreign countries;(2) To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop and improve the port facilities at the parks and to maintain, develop, and improve the navigability of waterways in or adjacent to the parks and those waterways connecting the parks with the channels of commerce of the Atlantic Ocean;(3) To foster and stimulate the growth of marine-related industries in the State of North Carolina;(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-211, s. 1, effective June 26, 2013.(5) To accept funds from any counties or cities containing a marine industrial park and to use the same in such manner, within the purposes of said Authority, as shall be stipulated by the funding county or city, and to act as agent or instrumentality of any funding counties or cities in any matter coming within the general purposes of said Authority;(5a) To encourage and develop the general maritime and marine-related industries and activities at or in the vicinity of the marine industrial parks;(6) And in general to do and perform any act or function which may tend to be useful toward the development and improvement of marine industrial parks in the State of North Carolina, and to increase the movement of waterborne marine commerce, foreign and domestic, to, through, and from the marine industrial parks.The enumeration of the above purposes shall not limit or circumscribe the broad objective of developing to the utmost the marine industry possibilities of the State of North Carolina.  (1979, c. 459, s. 4; 1993, c. 278, s. 1; 1998-212, s. 15.5(a); 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.30 - Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property.

 113-315.30. Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property.Any transactions relating to the acquisition or disposition of real property or any estate or interest in real property, by the North Carolina State Marine Industrial Park Authority, shall be subject to prior review by the Governor and Council of State, and shall become effective only after the same has been approved by the Governor and Council of State. Upon the acquisition of real property or other estate or interest in real property, by the Authority, the fee title or other estate shall vest in and the instrument of conveyance shall name the "North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority" as grantee, lessee, or transferee. Upon the disposition of real property or any interest or estate therein, the instrument of conveyance or transfer shall be executed by the North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority. The approval of any transaction by the Governor and Council of State may be evidenced by a duly certified copy of excerpt of minutes of the meeting of the Governor and Council of State, attested by the private secretary to the Governor or the Governor, reciting such approval, affixed to the instrument of acquisition or transfer, and the certificate may be recorded as a part of the instrument of acquisition or transfer, and shall be conclusive evidence of review and approval of the subject transaction by the Governor and Council of State. The Governor, acting with the approval of the Council of State, may delegate the review and approval of such classes of lease, rental, easement, or right-of-way transactions as the Governor deems advisable, and the Governor may likewise delegate the review and approval of the severance of buildings and timber from the land.  (1979, c. 459, s. 6; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.31 - Issuance of bonds.

 113-315.31. Issuance of bonds.(a) As a means of raising the funds needed from time to time in the acquisition, construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of any facility, building, structure, or any other matter or thing which the Authority is authorized to acquire, construct, equip, maintain, or operate by this Article, all or any of them, the Authority is hereby authorized at one time or from time to time to issue with the approval of the Governor negotiable revenue bonds of the Authority. The principal and interest of revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue to be derived from the operation of all or any part of its properties and facilities.(b) A pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the properties and facilities, all or any of them, shall be made to secure the payment of the bonds issued to finance them as and when they mature.(c) Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the State of North Carolina or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State. The issuance of such revenue bonds shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever or to make any appropriation for their payment.(d) Such bonds and the income derived from them shall be exempt from all taxation within the State.(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the State Treasurer shall have the exclusive power to issue bonds and notes authorized under the act upon request of the Authority and with the approval of the Governor after receiving the advice of the Local Government Commission. The State Treasurer in his sole discretion shall determine the interest rates, maturities, and other terms and conditions of the bonds and notes authorized by this Article. The North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority shall determine when a bond issue is indicated. The Authority shall cooperate with the State Treasurer in structuring any bond issue in general, and also in soliciting proposals from financial consultants, underwriters, and bond attorneys.  (1979, c. 459, s. 7; 1983, c. 577, s. 2; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 955, ss. 13, 14; 2006-203, s. 28; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.32 - Power of eminent domain.

 113-315.32. Power of eminent domain.For the acquiring of rights-of-way and property necessary for the construction of wharves, piers, ships, docks, quays, elevators, compresses, refrigerator storage plants, warehouses and other riparian and littoral terminals and structures and approaches thereto, including the navigation stabilization structures and transportation facilities needful for the convenient use of same, the Authority shall have the right and power to acquire the same by purchase, by negotiation, or by condemnation, and should it elect to exercise the right of eminent domain, condemnation proceedings shall be maintained by and in the name of the Authority, and it may proceed in the manner provided for the Board of Transportation by Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes. The power of eminent domain shall not apply to property of persons, State agency or corporations already devoted to public use, other than lands subject to the power of eminent domain by the State of North Carolina in the reservation clauses of a deed recorded in the Dare County Registry at Book 79 Page 548.  (1979, c. 459, s. 8; 1998-212, s. 15.5(b); 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.33 - Exchange of property; removal of buildings, etc.

 113-315.33. Exchange of property; removal of buildings, etc.The Authority may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this Chapter for other property, or properties usable in carrying out the powers conferred by this Article, and also may remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations, buildings, terminals, or other structures, upon the payment of just compensation, if in its judgment, it is necessary or expedient so to do in order to carry out any of its plans for marine industrial park development, under the authorization of this Article.  (1979, c. 459, s. 9; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.34 - Jurisdiction of the Authority; application of Chapter 20; appointment and authority of special police.

 113-315.34. Jurisdiction of the Authority; application of Chapter 20; appointment and authority of special police.(a) The jurisdiction of the Authority in any of the parks shall extend to all properties owned by or under control of the Authority and shall also extend over the waters and shores within the parks and over that part of all tributary streams flowing into the parks in which the tide ebbs and flows, and shall extend to the outer edge of the outer bar situated at the approach to the port of any park.(b) All the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of the highways of the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are hereby made applicable to the streets, alleys and driveways on the properties owned by or under the control of the North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority. Any person violating any of the provisions of said Chapter in or on such streets, alleys or driveways shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as therein prescribed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of such streets, alleys and driveways on the properties of said Authority as is now vested by law in the said Authority.(c) The Authority shall post copies of rules concerning traffic and parking at appropriate places on property of the Authority. Violation of a rule concerning traffic or parking on property of the Authority is a Class 3 misdemeanor.(d) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint such number of employees of the Authority as he may think proper as special policemen, who, when so appointed, shall have within the jurisdiction of the Authority all the powers of policemen of incorporated towns. Special policemen may arrest persons who violate State law or a rule adopted by the Authority. Employees appointed as such special policemen shall take the general oath of office prescribed by G.S. 11-11.  (1979, c. 459, s. 10; 1987, c. 827, s. 109; 1989, c. 751, s. 8(14); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 25; 1993, c. 539, s. 869; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.35 - Audit.

 113-315.35. Audit.The operations of the North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority shall be subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes.  (1979, c. 459, s. 11; 1983, c. 913, s. 14; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.36 - Building contracts.

 113-315.36. Building contracts.(a) The following general laws, to the extent provided below, do not apply to the North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority:(1) Repealed by Session Laws 1999-368, s. 1.(2) Except for G.S. 143-128.2, Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes does not apply to public building contracts of the Authority that require the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). With respect to a contract that is exempted from certain provisions of Article 8 under this subdivision, the powers and duties set out in Article 8 shall be exercised by the Authority, and the Secretary of Administration and other State officers, employees, or agencies shall have no duties or responsibilities concerning the contract.(3) G.S. 143-341(3) does not apply to plans and specifications for construction or renovation authorized by the Authority that require the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the services of the Department of Administration may be made available to the Authority, when requested by the Authority, with regard to matters governed by Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and G.S. 143-341(3). The Authority shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources, and the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources on any building contract to which this exemption is applied. The quarterly report required by this subsection shall specifically include information regarding the Authority's compliance with the provisions of G.S. 143-128.2.  (1979, c. 459, s. 12; 1997-331, s. 2; 1999-368, ss. 1, 2; 2001-496, s. 3.2; 2013-211, s. 1; 2017-57, s. 14.1(p).)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.37 - Liberal construction of Article.

 113-315.37. Liberal construction of Article.It is intended that the provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes provided for, or intended to be provided for, herein, and where strict construction would result in the defeat of the accomplishment of any of the acts authorized herein, and a liberal construction would permit or assist in the accomplishment thereof, the liberal construction shall be chosen. (1979, c. 459, s. 13.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.38 - Warehouses, wharves, etc., on property abutting navigable waters.

 113-315.38. Warehouses, wharves, etc., on property abutting navigable waters.The powers, authority and jurisdiction granted to the North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority under this Article and Chapter shall not be construed so as to prevent other persons, firms and corporations, including municipalities, from owning, constructing, leasing, managing and operating warehouses, structures and other improvements on property they own, lease, or control abutting upon and adjacent to navigable waters and streams in this State, nor to prevent other persons, firms and corporations from constructing, owning, leasing and operating wharves, docks and piers associated with the warehouses, structures, and other improvements, nor to prevent other persons, firms and corporations from encumbering, leasing, selling, conveying or otherwise dealing with and disposing of the properties, facilities, lands and improvements after construction.  (1979, c. 459, s. 14; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-315.39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 23C - North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority.|§ 113-315.39 - Taxation.

 113-315.39. Taxation.The property of the Authority shall not be subject to any taxes or assessments.  (1979, c. 459, s. 15; 2013-211, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 113-316 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development|Article 24 - Miscellaneous Transitional Provisions.|§ 113-316 - General statement of purpose and effect of revisions of Subchapter IV made in 1965 and 1979.

 113-316. General statement of purpose and effect of revisions of Subchapter IV made in 1965 and 1979.To clarify the conservation laws of the State and the authority and jurisdiction of the Department and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: commercial fishing waters are renamed coastal fishing waters and the Department is given jurisdiction over and responsibility for the marine and estuarine resources in coastal fishing waters; the laws pertaining to commercial fishing operations and marine fishing and fisheries regulated by the Department are consolidated and revised generally and broadened to reflect the jurisdictional change respecting coastal fisheries; laws relating to the conservation of wildlife resources administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission are consolidated and revised; and the enforcement authority of marine fisheries inspectors and wildlife protectors is clarified, including the authority of wildlife protectors over boating and other activities other than conservation within the jurisdiction of the Wildlife Resources Commission. (1965, c. 957, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 830, s. 1; 1989, c. 727, s. 117.)