Mr Guesty1 in his post below, asked the question about his skiff.
For anyone who doesn't know this info already:
To check on a bill that is proposed go here:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/Legislation.html

Look at full text or bill by keywords and you get this:

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Reports/keywords.pl
Click on the letter "B"
scroll down until you see the header Boats and Watercraft
Then S58 funds for dredging
click on that then you get this:

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v0.pdf

Sorry Guesty1. Looks like you're gonna pay a LOT more than $15.
Just remember this is a FEE not a tax so the GOP dominated legislature cannot be held responsible for a tax increase because this is a fee.

Now since I'm in teaching mode everyone should take some time to read the state's General Statutes:
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/Statutes.asp

Click on contents and be prepared ! There's LOT of them and they're full of therefores, whereas......

And of course you should all rise and read the state constitution:
http://www.ncleg.net/Legislation/constitution/ncconstitution_index.html

Please bookmark accordingly....

Vog