GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

 

 

SESSION LAW 2015-184

HOUSE BILL 185

 

 

AN ACT to repeal commissions within the department of cultural resources that have served their purpose and to Repeal the statutory language relating to the use of alkaline paper for public documents and previously repealed COMMISSIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 125‑11.13 reads as rewritten:

"§ 125‑11.13.  Alkaline paper required for government publications.

(a)        State publications that are of historical or enduring value and importance to the citizens of North Carolina shall be printed on alkaline (acid‑free) paper. These publications shall be designated on an annual basis by the State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and shall include publications of an historical, biographical, legal, or statistical nature relating to the State of North Carolina, past, present, or future. These publications shall identify thereon, adjacent to the name of the agency responsible for publication, a statement that the publication is printed on permanent paper.

(b)        By November 1 of each year, the State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall designate the titles for publication on alkaline paper and shall notify each State agency that is responsible for the publication of a designated title. An agency so notified shall begin printing the designated title on alkaline paper within one year after receipt of the notification or at the awarding of the contract for the publication, whichever event occurs first. The Coordinator of the North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse shall monitor compliance with this requirement and shall transmit a copy of the compliance report to the State Librarian and to the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by October 1 of each year.

(c)        The State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall report by November 1 of each year to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations regarding the titles designated for printing on alkaline paper and shall include in the report the compliance report received from the Coordinator of the North Carolina State Publications Clearinghouse."

SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 143‑170.5 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143‑170.5.  Designated public documents to be printed on alkaline paper.

The State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall designate annually as provided by G.S. 125‑11.13 those State documents that must be printed on alkaline paper. Each agency publishing a State document designated by the State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as one that must be printed on alkaline paper shall comply with that publication requirement."

SECTION 2.  The First Flight Centennial Commission, Article 67 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143‑640 through G.S. 143‑643, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  The North Carolina Postal History Commission, Article 71 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143‑675 through G.S. 143‑679, is repealed.

SECTION 4.  The America's Four Hundredth Committee, Part 13 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143B‑85 and G.S. 143B‑86, is repealed.

SECTION 5.  The John Motley Morehead Commission, Part 23 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143B‑111 through G.S. 143B‑115, is repealed. For any lawful purpose, the Department of Cultural Resources shall be the successor in interest to the John Motley Morehead Commission.

SECTION 6.  G.S. 143B‑51 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143B‑51.  Functions of the Department.

(b)        All such functions, powers, duties, and obligations heretofore vested in any agency enumerated in Article 17 of Chapter 143A of the General Statutes are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Cultural Resources except as otherwise provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973. They shall include, by way of extension and not of limitation, the functions of:

(14)      The Memorials Commission;

(15)      The Commission to Promote Plans for the Celebration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony on Roanoke Island;

(16)      The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission;

(17)      The North Carolina American Revolution Bicentennial Commission;

(18)      The North Carolina Awards Commission;

(19)      The Tobacco Museum Board;

(20)      The Roanoke Island Historical Association, Inc.;

(21)      The Sir Walter Raleigh Memorial Commission;

(22)      The Governor Richard Caswell Memorial Commission;

(23)      The Historic Swansboro Commission;

(24)      The Edenton Historical Commission;

(25)      The Historic Bath Commission;

(26)      The Historic Hillsborough Commission; and

(27)      The John Motley Morehead Memorial Commission;

(28)      The Historic Murfreesboro Commission;Commission.

(29)      The Charles B. Aycock Memorial Commission;

(30)      The Frying Pan Lightship Marine Museum Commission;

(31)      The Guilford County Bicentennial Commission;

(32)      The Daniel Boone Memorial Commission;

(33)      The Bennett Place Memorial Commission;

(34)      The Durham‑Orange Historical Commission;

(35)      The Pitt County Historical Commission;

(36)      The Transylvania County Historical Commission;

(37)      The Lenoir County Historical and Patriotic Commission;

(38)      The Raleigh Historic Sites Commission; and

(39)      The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund."

SECTION 7.  G.S. 143B‑53 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143B‑53.  Organization of the Department.

The Department of Cultural Resources shall be organized initially to include the Art Commission, the Art Museum Building Commission, the North Carolina Historical Commission, the Tryon Palace Commission, the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission, the Sir Walter Raleigh Commission, the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, the American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, the North Carolina Awards Committee, the America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Public Librarian Certification Commission, the State Library Commission, the North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc., and the Division of the State Library, the Division of Archives and History, the Division of the Arts, and such other divisions as may be established under the provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."

SECTION 8.  G.S. 143B‑62 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143B‑62.  North Carolina Historical Commission – creation, powers and duties.

There is hereby created the North Carolina Historical Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources to give advice and assistance to the Secretary of Cultural Resources and to promulgate rules and regulations to be followed in the acquisition, disposition, preservation, and use of records, artifacts, real and personal property, and other materials and properties of historical, archaeological, architectural, or other cultural value, and in the extension of State aid to other agencies, counties, municipalities, organizations, and individuals in the interest of historic preservation.

(3)        The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this section. All current rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Executive Board of the State Department of Archives and History, the Historic Sites Advisory Committee, the North Carolina Advisory Council on Historical Preservation, and the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission, and the Memorials Commission shall remain in full force and effect unless and until repealed or superseded by action of the Historical Commission. All rules and regulations adopted by the Commission shall be enforced by the Department of Cultural Resources."

SECTION 9.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of July, 2015.

 

 

                                                              s/ Philip E. Berger

                                                                  President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                              s/ Paul Stam

                                                                  Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                              s/ Pat McCrory

                                                                  Governor

 

 

Approved 3:06 p.m. this 5th day of August, 2015