<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-33. - Regulatory authority.</div>
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               (a)
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               Except as limited in subsection (b) of this section by restrictions in any joint resolution
               and by other supervening provisions of law, the Lake Norman Marine Commission may
               make regulations applicable to Lake Norman and its shoreline area concerning all matters
               relating to or affecting public recreation and water safety. These regulations may
               not conflict with or supersede provisions of general or special acts of the state
               or of regulations of state agencies promulgated under the authority of general law.
               In lieu of or in addition to passing regulations supplementary to state law and regulations
               concerning the operation of vessels on Lake Norman, the commission may, after public
               notice, request that the wildlife commission pass local regulations on this subject.
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            <p class="refeditor0" block_type="hang"><b>Editor's noteâ€” </b>
               The original state law procedures required for passing local regulations on this subject,
               G.S. 75A-15, have been repealed. For current procedures that must be followed, refer
               to the Administrative Procedure Act, G.S. 150B-1 et seq.
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               (b)
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               Violation of any regulation of the commission commanding or prohibiting an act shall
               be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation.
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               (c)
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               The regulations promulgated under this section take effect upon passage or upon such
               date as may be stipulated in the regulations, except that no regulation may be enforced
               unless adequate notice of the regulation has been posted in or on Lake Norman or its
               shoreline area. Adequate notice as to a regulation affecting only a particular location
               may be by a sign, uniform waterway marker, posted notice, or other effective method
               of communicating the essential provisions of the regulation in the immediate vicinity
               of the location in question. Where a regulation applies generally as to Lake Norman
               or its shoreline area or both, there must be a posting of notices, signs or markers
               communicating the essential provisions in at least three different places throughout
               the area.
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               (d)
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               A copy of each regulation promulgated under this section must be filed by the commission
               with the following persons:
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               (1)
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               The secretary of state, in accordance with G.S. 143-195â€”143-198.
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               (2)
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               The clerk of superior court of each of the four counties, in accordance with G.S.
               143-198.1.
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               (3)
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               The executive director of the wildlife commission.
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               (4)
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               The director of the department of local affairs.
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               Any official designated in this subsection may issue certified copies of regulations
               filed with him under the seal of his office. Such certified copies may be received
               in evidence in any proceeding.
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               (e)
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               Publication and filing of regulations promulgated under this section as required is
               for informational purposes and shall not be a prerequisite to their validity if they
               in fact have been duly promulgated, the public has been notified as to the substance
               of the regulations, a copy of the text of all regulations is in fact available to
               any person who may be affected, and no party to any proceeding has been prejudiced
               by any defect that may exist with respect to publication and filing. Rules and regulations
               promulgated by the commission under other sections of this article relating to internal
               governance of the commission need not be filed or published. Where posting of any
               sign, notice or marker or the making of other communication is essential to the validity
               of a regulation duly promulgated, it shall be presumed in any proceeding that proper
               notice was given and maintained, and the burden shall lie upon the party asserting
               to the contrary to prove lack of adequate notice of any regulation.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 290.08)
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