North Carolina § 143B-50 - Duties of the Department.

§ 143B-50. Duties of the Department.

It shall be the duty of the Department to do the following: To provide the necessary management, development of policy and establishment and enforcement of standards for the furtherance of resources, services and programs involving the arts and the historical and cultural aspects of the lives of the citizens of North Carolina. To provide and keep a museum or collection of the natural history of the State and to maintain the North Carolina Biological Survey. History (1973, c. 476, s. 30; 2015-241, s. 14.30(fff).) Study Further Efficiencies in Organization of Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and Department of Environmental Quality. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.31(a), (b), provides: "(a) The Department of Cultural Resources, in consultation with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Wildlife Resources Commission, shall study and report on the potential for efficiency, cost savings, and alignment of core mission and values that would be created from the transfer of the following agencies, divisions, or programs to the reorganized Department of Natural and Cultural Resources created by Section 14.30 of this act: "(1) Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership. "(2) Coastal Reserves Program. "(3) Office of Land and Water Stewardship. "(4) All or a portion of the Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs. "(5) Division of Marine Fisheries. "(6) Wildlife Resources Commission. "(b) The Department shall report as required by subsection (a) of this section no later than April 1, 2016, to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research Division." Editor's Note. - 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(fff), effective July 1, 2015, inserted "to do the following: (1)" and added subdivision (2).