GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 646

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/22/13

Short Title:        Airports Exempt From Local Tree Ordinances.	(Public)
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April 10, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.