North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 77. Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters § 77-89.1. Definitions

(1) Board.--The publicly elected governing board of one of the participating local governments.

(2) Commission.--The Lake Norman Marine Commission.

(3) Commissioner.--A member of the governing board of the Lake Norman Marine Commission.

(4) Eligible local governments.--Each of the four counties.

(5) Four counties.--Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg Counties.

(6) Joint resolution.--A resolution substantially identical in content adopted separately by the board of each of the participating local governments.

(7) Lake Norman.--The impounded body of water along the Catawba River in the four counties extending from the base of Lookout Shoals Dam downstream to Cowans Ford Dam and lying below the full pond elevation of 760 feet above mean sea level based on the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

(8) Participating local government.--Any of the eligible local governments that have adopted a resolution to participate in the Commission and have not withdrawn.

(9) Shoreline area.--Except as modified by a joint resolution of the participating local governments, the area within the four counties lying within 50 feet landward of the full pond elevation contour of Lake Norman.  This term also includes all islands within Lake Norman.

(10) Wildlife Resources Commission.--The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission established under Article 24 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.