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

Amends Section 3 by adding that the authority for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to enter into the specified leases is also pursuant to GS 146-25(b).  

Instead of specifying the NCGA’s intent to enact the six specified deletions from the State Nature and Historic Preserve, amends GS 143-260.10 as follows. Changes effective date of the list of all lands and waters within the boundaries of the listed units of the State Parks System from as of May 2, 2023, to May 6, 2025; adds Northern Peaks State Trail and removes Fonta Flora State Trail. Changes the date by which listed lands and waters are to be within the boundaries of William B. Umstead State Park, Morrow Mountain State Park, Crowders Mountain State Park, New River State Park, Hanging Rock State Park, Jockey's Ridge State Park, Mount Jefferson State  Natural Area, Eno River State Park, Hemlock Bluffs State Natural Area, Lake James State Park, Lake Waccamaw State Park, Chimney Rock State Park, Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Gorges State Park, Lower Haw State Natural Area, Lumber River State Park, Mitchells Millpond State Natural Area, Carvers Creek State Park, Mayo River State Park, National Landmark Historic District of Bethania, Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, and South Mountains State Park, from May 2, 2023, to May 6, 2025. Adds a parcel of land that is excluded from the New River State Park. No longer excludes a specified tract from the boundaries of Chimney Rock State Park but adds in two other described parcels that are excluded. Adds a tract that it excluded from the Mayo River State Park. Adds to the components of the State Nature and Historic Preserve all State-owned land and waters within the boundaries of the Fonta Flora State Trail as of May 6, 2025, with the exception of the described area. Provides that the grant of the easement within the Fonta Flora State Trail constitutes authorization by the NCGA that the land 0may be used for a purpose other than the public purposes under law. Allows the State to use the proceeds from the easement only for the expansion or improvement of the Fonta Flora State Trail or another State Park. Prohibits the State from otherwise selling or exchanging this land.