<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-26. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Board</span> means the board of commissioners of one of the four counties.
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               <span class="ital">Commission</span> means the Lake Norman Marine Commission or its governing board, as the case may be.
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               <span class="ital">Commissioner</span> means a member of the governing board of the commission.
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               <span class="ital">Four counties</span> means Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties.
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               <span class="ital">Joint resolution</span> means a resolution substantially identical in content adopted separately by the board
               in each of the four counties.
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               <span class="ital">Lake Norman</span> means the impounded body of water along the Catawba River in the four counties extending
               from the bridge crossing of Rural Road 1004 downstream to Cowans Ford Dam.
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               <span class="ital">Shoreline area,</span> except as modified by a joint resolution of the four counties, means the area within
               the four counties lying within one mile of the mean high water line of Lake Norman.
               In addition, the shoreline area shall include all islands within Lake Norman and all
               peninsulas extending into the waters of Lake Norman.
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               <span class="ital">Wildlife commission</span> means the state wildlife resources commission.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 290.01)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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