North Carolina § 143B-71 - Tryon Palace Commission - creation, powers, and duties.

§ 143B-71. Tryon Palace Commission - creation, powers, and duties.

There is hereby created the Tryon Palace Commission of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources with the power and duty to adopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations concerning the restoration and maintenance of the Tryon Palace complex, and with other powers and duties as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 121 of the General Statutes, including the authority to charge reasonable admission and related activity fees. The Commission is exempt from the requirements of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes and G.S. 12-3.1 when adopting, amending, or repealing rules for operating hours and admission fees or related activity fees at Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens. History (1973, c. 476, s. 54; 2013-297, s. 2(b); 2013-360, s. 19.2(b); 2014-100, s. 19.5(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(s); 2017-57, s. 14.1(cc); 2020-78, s. 8.2(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 18.3, provides: "The Department of Cultural Resources shall develop comprehensive five-year plans for the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens and the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The Roanoke Island Commission shall develop a comprehensive five-year plan for the Elizabeth II State Historic Site and Visitor Center, the Elizabeth II, Ice Plant Island, and all other properties under the administration of the Department of Cultural Resources located on Roanoke Island. The plans shall describe in detail revenue and expenditure projections, proposed reductions in scope or expenditures, and each site's plans to further develop non-State sources of funding in accordance with the reductions in appropriations implemented in S.L. 2011-145, including the feasibility of privatization. The Department and the Roanoke Island Commission shall submit their reports to the Chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology by February 1, 2013." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2012.'" Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2012-2013 fiscal year." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.7, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.1, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.3, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-297, s. 2(b), effective July 18, 2013, deleted "such" preceding "other powers" and added "including the authority to charge reasonable admission and related activity fees." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 19.2(b), effective July 1, 2013, added the last two sentences. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 19.5(b), effective July 1, 2014, inserted "and G.S 12-3.1" and "operating hours and" in the next-to-last sentence. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Department of Cultural Resources" in the first sentence. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.1(cc), effective July 1, 2017, substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division" for "Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations." Session Laws 2020-78, s. 8.2(b), effective July 1, 2020, deleted "of North Carolina" following "Statutes" in the first sentence, deleted the last sentence which formerly read: "The Commission shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division on the amount and purpose of a fee change within 30 days following its effective date." and made a minor punctuation and stylistic change.