North Carolina § 143-202 - 3. Historic Roanoke Island Fund.

§ 143-202. 3. Historic Roanoke Island Fund.

The Historic Roanoke Island Fund is established as a nonreverting enterprise fund and shall be administered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The fund shall be used only for the following purposes in addition to those set forth in G.S. 143-202.2: The expenses of operating and maintaining the properties managed by the Roanoke Island Historical Association pursuant to G.S. 143-202.1, including the salaries and benefits of Roanoke Island Festival Park for staff. Capital expenditures for the properties operated by the Association pursuant to G.S. 143-202.1. The restoration, preservation, and enhancement of the appearance, maintenance, and aesthetic quality of U.S. Highway 64/264 and the U.S. 64/264 Bypass travel corridor on Roanoke Island and the grounds on Roanoke Island Festival Park. However, the local government with jurisdiction over the affected portion of the travel corridor shall process the applications for and issue the certificates of appropriateness and shall be responsible for the enforcement of those certificates and any ordinances or rules adopted by the local government regarding that portion of the travel corridor within the local government's jurisdiction, and no reimbursement shall be made from the Fund to any local government for the processing of applications or issuance of certificates of appropriateness or the enforcement of those certificates, local ordinances, or rules. To identify, preserve, and protect properties located on Roanoke Island having historical significance to the State of North Carolina, Dare County, or the Town of Manteo consistent with applicable State laws and rules. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall transfer to the Fund on a monthly basis a pro rata share of the utilities, maintenance, and operating expenses of the Outer Banks History Center, which is located in the Roanoke Island Festival Park. The funds received pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to the Historic Roanoke Island Fund. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall credit to the Historic Roanoke Island Fund all rental proceeds received by the Department from the rental properties located near the Outer Banks Island Farm. History (2011-145, s. 21.2(j); 2014-100, s. 19.8(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(s); 2017-57, s. 14.8(c).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 143B-131.8 A. It was recodified and amended as G.S. 143-202.3 by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.8(c), effective October 1, 2017. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 21.2(a), as amended by Session Laws 2011-391, s. 46, provides: "Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the Roanoke Island Commission shall be self-supporting. The Roanoke Island Commission shall receive an appropriation of State funds for the 2011-2012 fiscal year and for the 2012-2013 fiscal year that are incrementally reduced each of those fiscal years pursuant to this act. It is the intent of the General Assembly that State funds continue to be appropriated to the Roanoke Island Commission for the 2013-2014 fiscal year and for the 2014-2015 fiscal year but in amounts that continue the incremental reduction in those appropriations for each of those fiscal years." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 21.2(b), provides: "All funds and assets in the Outer Banks Island Farm Fund are transferred to the Roanoke Island Commission Fund established in G.S. 143B-131.8 ." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 21.2(f), provides: "Effective July 1, 2012, all funds held by the Roanoke Island Commission, including all balances credited to the Roanoke Island Commission Endowment Fund, shall be transferred to the Historic Roanoke Island Fund established in G.S. 143B-131.8 A." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.8(e), provides: "Effective October 1, 2017, Part 27A of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is repealed and the Roanoke Island Commission is abolished. All powers, assets, liabilities, contracts, and agreements with, of, or issued by the Roanoke Island Commission are vested in and transferred to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as the successor in interest to the Commission. Any references to purposes of the Commission set forth in G.S. 143B-131.2 shall be construed to refer to the purposes set forth in G.S. 143-202.2 , as enacted by subsection (b) of this section." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-100, s. 19.8(a), effective July 1, 2014, in subsection (a), substituted "Department of Cultural Resources" for "Roanoke Island Commission" in the first sentence, and inserted "including the salaries and benefits of Roanoke Island Festival Park staff"; and, in the first sentence of subsection (b), substituted "transfer to the Fund" for "pay to the Commission" and "Roanoke Island Festival Park" for "facility owned by the Commission." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Department of Cultural Resources" wherever it appears. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.8(c), effective October 1, 2017, renumbered G.S. 143B-131.8 A as this section; and rewrote subsection (a).