North Carolina § 143B-135 - 200. North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority; creation; powers and duties.

§ 143B-135. 200. North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority; creation; powers and duties.

The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority is created, to be administered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority shall have at least the following powers and duties: To receive public and private donations, appropriations, grants, and revenues for deposit into the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. To allocate funds for land acquisition from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. To allocate funds for repairs, renovations, improvements, construction, and other capital projects from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. To solicit financial and material support from public and private sources. To develop effective public and private support for the programs and operations of the parks and recreation areas. To consider and to advise the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources on any matter the Secretary may refer to the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority. History (1995, c. 456, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(h), (o).) Editor's Note. - Former Part 13A of Article 7 of Chapter 143B (G.S. 143B-313.1, G.S. 143B-313.2) is recodified as Part 38 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B (G.S. 143B-135.200, G.S. 143B-135.202) by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(h), effective July 1, 2015. Where appropriate, the historical citations to the sections in the former Article have been added to corresponding sections in the Part as rewritten and recodified. Former G.S. 143B-313.1 was recodified as G.S. 143B-135.200 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(h), effective July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(b), provides: "All functions, powers, duties, and obligations vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, and committees within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources are transferred to, vested in, and consolidated within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources by a Type II transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6: "(1) North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority. "(2) North Carolina Trails Committee. "(3) North Carolina Zoological Park Council. "(4) Advisory Commission for North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. "(5) Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(o), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Environment and Natural Resources" in the introductory paragraph and subdivision (6).