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The dredging began in late 2022. The corps found EJE had dug parts of the channel too deep in the inlet in March and July of 2023, beyond what the permit allowed to limit the harm to sea life.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of North Carolina.. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in North Carolina since 2006. A series of lawsuits filed in state courts questioning the fairness and humanity of capital punishment have created a de facto moratorium on executions being carried out in North Carolina.
The Constitution of North Carolina is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the General Assembly, published in the North Carolina Session Laws, and codified in the North Carolina General Statutes.
A grab dredge. Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines; and recovering valuable mineral deposits or marine life having commercial value.
A handful of bills that North Carolina’s legislature passed into law over the past two years will go into effect Monday. Here are highlights of some of these new laws and their provisions:
Signed into law by Cooper in May, the part of the new law effective Dec. 1 makes it illegal to possess, make or distribute equipment that is used to make counterfeit pills. There are exceptions ...
North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [41] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [33] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government , [ 33 ] with most using the latter. [ 32 ]
The North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association proposed reforms which were adopted in 2005. [2] The purpose of these reforms was to simplify, modernize, and make technical changes to the existing land use and planning laws. [2] The reform bills were sponsored by state Senator Daniel G. Clodfelter and Representative Lucy T ...