North Carolina § 143B-79 - Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee - creation, powers and duties.

§ 143B-79. Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee - creation, powers and duties.

There is hereby created the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee. The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee shall have the following functions and duties: To advise the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources on the preservation and maintenance of the Executive Mansion located at 200 North Blount Street, Raleigh, North Carolina; To encourage gifts and objects of art, furniture and articles of historical value for furnishing the Executive Mansion, and advise the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources on major changes in the furnishings of the Mansion; To make recommendations to the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources concerning major renovations necessary to preserve and maintain the structure; To aid the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources in keeping a complete list of all gifts and articles received together with their history and value; No gifts or articles shall be accepted for the Executive Mansion without the approval of the Committee; and The Committee shall advise the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources upon any matter the Secretary may refer to it. The Committee may dispose of property held in the Executive Mansion after consultation with a review committee comprised of one person from the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, appointed by its chairman; one person from the Department of Administration appointed by the Secretary of Administration; and two qualified professionals from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, appointed by the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources. Upon request of the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, the review committee shall view proposed items for disposition and shall make a recommendation to the North Carolina Historical Commission who shall make a final decision. The Historical Commission shall consider whether the disposition is in the best interest of the State of North Carolina. If any property is sold, the net proceeds of each sale and any interest earned thereon shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Executive Mansion, Special Fund, and shall be used only for the purchase, conservation, restoration, or repair of other property for use in the Executive Mansion. History (1973, c. 476, s. 65; 1983, c. 632, s. 1; 1987, c. 251; 2013-360, s. 19.8(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), (t); 2017-57, s. 14.3(e).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 19.8(b), provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 143B-79(7) or any other law pertaining to surplus State property, the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee shall obtain an appraisal of all items held in the Executive Mansion proposed for disposition. If House Bill 153 of the 2013 General Assembly becomes law, the Committee shall, prior to the sale of any item, report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government on the items inventoried and their value. If House Bill 153 of the 2013 General Assembly does not become law, the Committee shall, prior to the sale of any item, report to the Chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, the Senate Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology, and to the Fiscal Research Division." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 19.8(a), effective July 1, 2013, rewrote the last sentence of subdivision (7). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(s), (t), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Secretary of Cultural Resources" throughout the section and substituted "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Department of Cultural Resources" in subdivision (7). Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.3(e), effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (7), in the second sentence, substituted "shall" for "will" the first and last time it appears and inserted "shall" the second time it appears, substituted "shall" for "must" in the third sentence, inserted "and any interest earned thereon" in the last sentence, and made a minor punctuation change.