The limits and boundaries of the State shall be and remain as they now are.
History Note. - The provisions of this section are similar to those of Art. I, § 34, Const. 1868.
Opinions of Attorney General
Ambulatory Seaward Boundary Consistent with Constitution. - While a proposal to permanently fix the seaward boundary for the State at specific coordinates would violate both G.S. 141-6(a), and this section, the acceptance of an ambulatory boundary, which merely represents the seaward boundary's location at a certain time, and moves with changes to the shoreline, whether by erosion, accretion or fill deposition, would be consistent with the Constitution and not require amendment of the statute; a reading of the State constitutional provision together with the statute and the case law reveal them to require that the eastern boundary always remain at distance of three geographical miles from the extreme low water mark. See opinion of Attorney General to Gary W. Thompson, Chief, North Carolina Geodetic Survey, 1998 N.C.A.G. 7 (2/11/98).