NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 934

SENATE BILL 211

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED CONTAINER SHIPPING AT THE PORTS OF MOREHEAD CITY AND WILMINGTON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 143B-454.1.  Container shipping — The State Ports Authority shall provide at the ports of Morehead City and Wilmington adequate equipment and facilities including container cranes at each port as needed, in order to maintain existing and future levels of containerized cargo shipping at both ports and provide and encourage growth in handling of containerized cargoes at both ports."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.