Bill Text: NC H646 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-23 - Ch. SL 2013-331 [H646 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H646-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2013-331
HOUSE BILL 646
AN ACT to prohibit a county or city from enforcing any ordinance that regulates the trimming or removal of trees on property owned or operated by a public airport authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A‑123 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(h) Notwithstanding any authority under this Article or any local act of the General Assembly, no ordinance regulating trees may be enforced on land owned or operated by a public airport authority."
SECTION 2. G.S. 160A‑175 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(h) Notwithstanding any authority under this Article or any local act of the General Assembly, no ordinance regulating trees may be enforced on land owned or operated by a public airport authority."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 4:26 p.m. this 23rd day of July, 2013