| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | TO ENTER INTO AN MOA WITH THE TOWN OF LAKE WACCAMAW FOR ACCESS 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | AND REPAIR OF A DAM LOCATED AT LAKE WACCAMAW STATE PARK . 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Department) shall 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | negotiate and enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Town of Lake 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | Waccamaw providing for access to the Waccamaw Dam (Dam) located within Lake Waccamaw 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | State Park to perform repairs. The MOA shall provide, at a minimum, for all of the following: 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | (1) Access to the State Park by employees, agents, and contractors of the Town 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | for the purpose of planning and undertaking necessary repairs to the Dam. 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | (2) The scope, nature, and estimated time line of the Dam repairs. 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | (3) The resumption of maintenance and management of the Dam by the 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | Department following the completion of the Dam repairs. 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall enter into the 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | Memorandum of Agreement required by Section 1 of this act no later than September 1, 2025, 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | and shall submit a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement to the Joint Legislative Oversight 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | Division prior to the convening of the 2026 Regular Session of the 2025 General Assembly. 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 20 |
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