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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
RATIFIED BILL
RESOLUTION 15
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 410
A JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO ASSURE THAT
FEDERAL LANDS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS UNITED STATES FOREST
AND PARK
LANDS IN NORTH CAROLINA REMAIN IN PUBLIC
OWNERSHIP.
Whereas, land is the primary irreplaceable natural and economic resource in
North Carolina; and
Whereas, North Carolina's economy and way of life are linked to the effective
public management and protection of United States forest and park lands in North
Carolina; and
Whereas, the new policies of the Department of the Interior provide for the sale
of public lands as a means of generating government revenue in direct opposition to
previous policies of maintaining effective public management; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1. The North Carolina General Assembly urges the United States
Congress to assure that federal lands currently designated as United States forest and park
lands in North Carolina remain in public ownership and continue to be managed for
present and future generations, provided the existing policy of exchanging lands with
private owners to benefit forest and park lands shall be continued.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of State shall transmit copies of this resolution to all
members of Congress, to the President of the United States, to the Secretary of
Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 3. This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of
April, 1983.