House Bill 686 Summary

• Renames the "NC Seafood Industrial Park Authority" to the "North Carolina Marine Industrial Park Authority" to reflect a broader mission beyond seafood commerce.

• Expands the Authority's purposes to include general marine-related industries and activities, rather than limiting focus exclusively to seafood commerce and shipment.

• Updates statutory references throughout Article 23C of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes to replace "Seafood" with "Marine" in all relevant provisions governing the Authority's powers, jurisdiction, and operations.

• Modifies the Authority's authorized purposes to include development of one or more marine industrial parks and inland ports, with ability to improve waterway navigability connecting parks to the Atlantic Ocean.

• Effective upon ratification on June 26, 2013.