AN ACT authorizing certain beach towns to regulate and control land‑based shark fishing.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑176.2 reads as rewritten:

§ 160A‑176.2.  Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.

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(a1)      A city may adopt ordinances to regulate and control land‑based shark fishing in the Atlantic Ocean and other navigable waterways adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any city to prohibit shark fishing altogether or to make shark fishing activities unlawful.

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SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Towns of Carolina Beach, Caswell Beach, Holden Beach, Kure Beach, and Oak Island and to the Village of Bald Head Island.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.