GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 249
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING RULES FOR UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY SITES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 121-23 reads as rewritten:
"§ 121-23.
Department to be is custodian of shipwrecks, etc., and
underwater archaeological artifacts; rules and regulations. underwater personal
property of the State and may adopt rules concerning the property.
The Department of Cultural Resources is the custodian
of shipwrecks, vessels, cargoes, tackle tackle, and underwater
archaeological artifacts as defined in G.S. 121-22 hereof shall be the to
which the State has title under G.S. 121-22. The Department of
Cultural Resources, which is empowered to promulgate such Resources
may adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary to preserve,
protect, recover and recover, or salvage any or all underwater
properties as defined in G.S. 121-22 hereof; such rules and regulations, when
approved by the Governor and Council of State, shall have the force and effect
of law. of these properties."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to rules adopted by the Department of Cultural Resources on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives