North Carolina § 121-12 - 1. Grants-in-aid.

§ 121-12. 1. Grants-in-aid.

Under the concepts of reorganization of State government, responsibility for administering appropriations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for grants-in-aid to private nonprofit organizations in the areas of history, art, and culture is assigned to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. By February 15 of each year, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall receive, analyze, and recommend to the Governor, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division the disposition of any request for funding received by it from or for any of these organizations. The Department shall disburse under provisions of law any appropriations made to the Department for them. Appropriations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for grants-in-aid to assist in the restoration of historic sites owned by private nonprofit organizations shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11, 121-12 and 143B-53.1. History (1977, c. 802, s. 47; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 955, s. 40; c. 1014, s. 171(c); 2006-203, s. 65; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s); 2017-57, s. 14.1(dd), (ee).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2006-203, s. 126, provides: "This act becomes effective July 1, 2007, and applies to the budget for the 2007-2009 biennium and each subsequent biennium thereafter. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-203, s. 65, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to the budget for the 2007-2009 biennium and each subsequent biennium thereafter, in the second sentence, deleted ", the Advisory Budget Commission," following "Governor", and substituted "143B-53.1" for "143-31.2" at the end; and deleted the former last sentence, which read: "The function of the Advisory Budget Commission under this section applies only if the Director of the Budget consults with the Commission in preparation of the budget." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Department of Cultural Resources" throughout. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(dd), effective July 1, 2017, substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources" for "Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations" in the second sentence. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(ee), effective July 1, 2017, deleted "hereby" preceding "assigned" in the first sentence; rewrote the second sentence; added the third sentence; and deleted "in addition" preceding "be expended" in the last sentence.