GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 148*

 
 
Short Title:	Amend Fishery Management Plan Revision.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Wainwright.	
Referred to:	Environment and Natural Resources.	
February 19, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE REVISED, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON SEAFOOD AND AQUACULTURE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑182.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Each Fishery Management Plan shall be reviewed at least once every five years. The Marine Fisheries Commission may revise the Priority List and guidance criteria whenever it determines that a revision of the Priority List or guidance criteria will facilitate or improve the development of Fishery Management Plans or is necessary to restore, conserve, or protect the marine and estuarine resources of the State. The Marine Fisheries Commission may not revise the Schedule for the development of a Fishery Management Plan, once adopted, without the approval of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.