NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1220

SENATE BILL 852

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF $100,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING LAND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE PARK AT LAKE WACCAMAW IN COLUMBUS COUNTY.

WHEREAS, there has been a marked increase in the amount of leisure time available to the citizens of North Carolina, causing a need for an increase in public outdoor recreational facilities; and

WHEREAS, the State Parks and State Forests Study Commission has designated the lower Cape Fear area, composed of Brunswick and New Hanover counties, and portions of Pender and Columbus counties as one of six areas in which a State Park is urgently needed; and

WHEREAS, Lake Waccamaw, a natural lake having an area in excess of 8,900 acres, is a State owned lake administered by the Division of State Parks of the Department of Conservation and Development, and is particularly suited by its location, natural beauty, and potential for boating, swimming, and other recreational activities for the creation of a State Park to serve this region; and

WHEREAS, none of the land adjoining Lake Waccamaw is now owned or controlled by the Division of State Parks, and such public ownership is vital in order that all citizens of the lower Cape Fear region and the State of North Carolina may have access to said Lake, and may have free enjoyment and use thereof; and

WHEREAS, acquisition of lands adjoining Lake Waccamaw for the creation of a State Park is in the best interest of the people of the State of North Carolina.

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to the Division of State Parks of the Department of Conservation and Development to be used for the purchase of lands adjoining Lake Waccamaw in Columbus County which are deemed necessary for the creation of a State Park.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after the day of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1969.