NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 947

SENATE BILL 498

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SWIMMING OR BOATING WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TUCKERTOWN AND FALLS DAMS OF YADKIN, INC. ACROSS YADKIN RIVER IN STANLY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, TO PROHIBIT FISHING FROM THE STRUCTURES, ABUTMENTS AND EQUIPMENT OF SAID DAMS AND ASSOCIATED POWERHOUSES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Swimming in or entry by any person in or upon a boat, raft or other floating object, onto the watercourse downstream from or the surface waters upstream from and within a distance of one hundred feet of the dams known as the Tuckertown Dam and the Falls Dam owned by Yadkin, Inc. across the Yadkin River between Stanly and Montgomery Counties shall be unlawful. Provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to persons within said area by consent of Yadkin, Inc., its successors and assigns, for the purpose of maintaining or repairing facilities of Yadkin, Inc., its successors or assigns, located within said area.

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish from the said Tuckertown and Falls Dams of Yadkin, Inc. or from any powerhouses, structures, abutments or equipment associated therewith.

Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

Sec. 4. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall place and maintain markers or other appropriate signs clearly indicating the area in which boating is prohibited by Section 1 of this Act and shall enforce the provisions of this Act. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the powers and duties of law enforcement officers generally.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1963.