North Carolina § 143B-53 - Organization of the Department.

§ 143B-53. Organization of the Department.

The Department of Cultural Resources shall be organized initially to include the Art Commission, the Art Museum Building Commission, the North Carolina Historical Commission, the Tryon Palace Commission, the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission, the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, the North Carolina Awards Committee, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Public Librarian Certification Commission, the State Library Commission, the North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc., and the Division of the State Library, the Division of Archives and History, the Division of the Arts, and such other divisions as may be established under the provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall include the currently existing entities listed in subsection (a) of this section and the following additional entities: The Parks and Recreation Division. The State Parks System, including Mount Mitchell State Park. The North Carolina Aquariums Division. The North Carolina Zoological Park. The Museum of Natural Sciences. The Clean Water Management Trust Fund. The Natural Heritage Program. North Carolina Zoological Park Council. Advisory Commission for North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. (6) North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority. (7) North Carolina Trails Committee. History (1973, c. 476, s. 33; 1981, c. 918, s. 1; 2006-66, s. 22.22(e); 2006-221, s. 23; 2012-120, s. 1(d); 2015-184, s. 7; 2015-241, s. 14.30(ggg).) 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 2010-31, s. 9.8, provides: "The A+ Schools program is transferred from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to the North Carolina Arts Council in the Department of Cultural Resources, as if by a Type I transfer as defined in G.S. 143A-6, with all the elements of such a transfer. The program transfer shall include the sum of fifty-eight thousand six hundred thirty-eight dollars ($58,638)." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2010'." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2010-2011 fiscal year." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.6, is a severability clause. 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 2006-66, s. 22.22(e), as added by Session Laws 2006-221, s. 23, effective July 1, 2006, substituted "North Carolina State Art Society" for "North Carolina Art Society." Session Laws 2012-120, s. 1(d), effective October 1, 2012, deleted "the North Carolina State Art Society" following "North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc." Session Laws 2015-184, s. 7, effective August 5, 2015, deleted "the Sir Walter Raleigh Commission," "the American Revolution Bicentennial Committee," and "the America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee" in the first paragraph. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(ggg), effective July 1, 2015, inserted the subsection (a) designation and added subsection (b).