Bill Summary for H 1218 (2025-2026)

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May 19 2026

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View NCGA Bill Details2025-2026 Session
House Bill 1218 (Local) Filed Monday, May 4, 2026
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE TOWN OF PINE KNOLL SHORES WITH THE AUTHORITY TO PLACE AIDS AND MARKERS TO NAVIGATION
Intro. by Cairns.

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

Removes provisions of the act giving the Pine Knolls Shores' Board of Commissioners (Board) the authority to enact no-wake zones.

Now requires the Board to identify the channel aids and markers by ordinance (was, by ordinance or resolution) as specified. Replaces references to “such buoys, beacons, or day marks” with “channel aids and markers, anchoring aids and markers, and navigational aids and markers” in provisions requiring the Board to identify the location of the aids and markers and to notify the described parties of the Board’s intent to place the aids and markers there.

Modifies where the act intends to supersede GS 75A-15(a)(3) (was GS 75A-15(a) and (b)) to the navigable waters of canals and Bogue Sound with in the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of Pine Knolls Shore (was, within the town limits).

Makes technical and clarifying changes. Makes conforming change to act’s long title.