SAR RENAME/DISPUTED COUNTY BOUNDARIES/MAPPING.

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House Bill 740 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 11, 2017
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE NAME OF SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES, TO ALLOW THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY TO RATIFY RESULTS OF COUNTY BOUNDARY RESURVEYS, AND TO CLARIFY THAT PROTECTIVE RIDGELINE MAPS ARE HOUSED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY RATHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Intro. by McNeill, R. Turner.
Status: Ch. SL 2017-170 (House Action) (Jul 21 2017)

Bill History:

H 740/S.L. 2017-170

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 740 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jul 25 2017 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO MODIFY THE NAME OF SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES, TO ALLOW THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY TO RATIFY RESULTS OF COUNTY BOUNDARY RESURVEYS, AND TO CLARIFY THAT PROTECTIVE RIDGELINE MAPS ARE HOUSED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY RATHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Enacted July 21, 2017. Section 1 is effective July 1, 2017. The remainder is effective July 21, 2017.

    Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management, Local Government
    GS 113A, GS 153A, GS 166A
  • Bill H 740 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 28 2017 - View Summary

    Senate amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition. 

    Amends the proposed definition of affected party set out in GS 153A-18 (Uncertain or disputed boundary), previously defined as the governing body of a county that the reestablished boundary denotes the extent of its jurisdiction. Adds that the term also means a property owner whose real property has been placed in whole or in part in another county due to the reestablished boundary.

    Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management, Local Government
    GS 113A, GS 153A, GS 166A
  • Bill H 740 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 13 2017 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following change to the 1st edition.

    Amends GS 153A-18 as follows. Clarifies that the NC Geodetic Survey may cause a disputed boundary to be surveyed, marked, and mapped upon receiving written request from all counties adjacent to the uncertain or disputed boundary (1st edition was unclear as to whether the NC Geodetic Survey or the counties cause the boundary to be surveyed). Clarifies that boundaries between counties may be defined by natural monuments such as rivers, streams and ridgelines.

    Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management, Local Government
    GS 113A, GS 153A, GS 166A
  • Bill H 740 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 11 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS Chapter 166A, Article 6. Renames the Article "North Carolina Search and Rescue."

    Amends GS 166A-65 to replace the termurban search and rescue team withsearch and rescue team, which has the same definition under the article with the wordurban removed from it.

    Amends GS 166A-66. Amends the caption to read "North Carolina Search and Rescue Program." Directs the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety to include memorandums of understanding and agreement in the program for search and rescue established under that statute's authority.

    Makes conforming changes throughout the Article.

    Amends GS 153A-18 (Uncertain or disputed boundary). Directs the North Carolina Geodetic Survey on a cooperative basis to assist counties in defining and monumenting the location of an uncertain or disputed boundary, upon receiving written request from all counties adjacent to the uncertain or disputed boundary. Provides that if the requesting counties have not ratified a survey plat submitted by NCGS within one year of receiving the map survey plat, the plat becomes conclusive as to the location of the boundary, and will be recorded with the register of deeds of each affected county, and the Secretary of State's office. Requires the chief of the North Carolina Geodetic Survey to notify affected parties in writing of that action. Requires counties establishing a boundary between them to define the boundaries by natural monuments. The use of base maps prepared from orthophotography may be used if the natural monuments are visible, which base maps show the monuments of the National Geodetic Survey and North Carolina Coordinate System. Requires the orthophotography to be prepared in compliance with the State's adopted orthophotography standard. Makes conforming changes. Effective when the act becomes law.

    Amends GS 113A-212 to require maps, drawings, or documents showing protected mountain ridges to be filed with the office of the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (currently, Secretary of Environmental Quality's office). Effective when the act becomes law.

    Except as otherwise provided, effective July 1, 2017.

    Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management, Local Government
    GS 113A, GS 153A, GS 166A
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