House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends the long title.

Amends the whereas clauses to reflect that the Council of State has yet to vote on a petition made on May 2, 2017 (1st edition referred to a petition made on April 4, 2017).

Amends GS 143-260.10 (Components of State Nature and Historic Preserve). Amends each subsection, except for those that have been previously repealed, to change the date at which lands and/or waters must have been within the boundaries of each listed park, park system, or area, in order to be considered part of the State Nature and Historic Preserve (Preserve), to May 2, 2017 (currently, May 6, 2014; 1st edition, April 4, 2017). Amends the subsection determining which land within New River State Park is within the Preserve, to exclude a specified tract within Ashe County, Chestnut Hill Township. Amends the subsection determining which land within Chimney Rock State Park is within the Preserve, to provide that the State may provide space at the communications tower site currently excluded from the Preserve, to State public safety, emergency management, Rutherford County local governments, and public television agencies, for the placement of antennae, repeaters, and other communications devices for public communications purposes, as well as communications equipment necessary for proper operation of the communications devices. Amends the subsection determining which land within Lumber River State Park is within the Preserve, to make a technical correction to the currently proposed exclusion, and to exclude an additional specific tract within Robeson County, Pembroke Township.