§ 143-286.1.  Nutbush Conservation Area.

The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized to enter into lease agreements with the proper agencies of the federal government covering the marginal land area of the John H. Kerr Reservoir or so much thereof as may be necessary or desirable in order to develop said area for park purposes and to carry on a program of conservation, forestry development and wildlife protection. The area so obtained shall be known as the Nutbush Conservation Area. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized to control and develop the area so leased and to enter into sublease agreements on terms as may be authorized in the original lease agreement. All proceeds obtained from any sublease agreement shall be used exclusively for the further development of the Nutbush Conservation Area. (1953, c. 1312, s. 4; 1963, c. 612, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 76; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(114); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)