North Carolina SB 587: Clarify Nonconforming Uses.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 3
SENATE BILL 587
Second Edition Engrossed 5/7/25
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/2/26

Short Title: Wake Surfing Safely. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 26, 2025
*S587-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT WAKE SURFING WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF THE 2
SHORELINE, STRUCTURES, CERTAIN OTHER WATERCRAFT, AND SWIMMERS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes is amended by adding 5
a new section to read: 6
"§ 75A-13.4. No wake surfing within 200 feet of shoreline, structures, other watercraft, or 7
swimmers. 8
(a) No person may engage in wake surfing within 200 feet of the shoreline or any 9
structure, moored vessel, kayak, canoe, paddleboard, or swimmer. Any person who violates this 10
section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred 11
dollars ($100.00) in addition to any other punishment prescribed for that offense. 12
(b) For purposes of this section, "wake surfing" means the operation of a motorboat to 13
which weight has been added in the stern via water-filled tanks or other ballasts for the purpose 14
of creating an artificially enlarged wake that is or is intended to be surfed by another person 15
behind the motorboat." 16
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2026, and applies to offenses 17
committed on or after that date. 18