North Carolina § 70-21 - Cemeteries on State lands.

§ 70-21. Cemeteries on State lands.

To preserve the sanctity of cemeteries located on State lands, the head of each State agency shall have the following duties and responsibilities: To identify and inventory all known cemeteries on State lands allocated to that State agency. To furnish a copy of the inventory to the State Property Office and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. State agencies are not required to provide State funds or other resources to maintain cemeteries on State land, except when required by law, regulation, or ordinance; directed by court order; or necessary to correct a known safety hazard to the public. State agencies may allow a family member or other interested person to maintain cemeteries and erect signs, fencing, grave markers, monuments, and tombstones within the designated boundaries of the cemetery if this activity does not constitute a safety hazard to the public. The family member or person shall obtain approval from the respective State agency and shall be responsible for any expense incurred by the activity. History (2015-241, s.14.30(c); 2015-285, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(c), effective July 1, 2015, provides that: "The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is renamed the Department of Environmental Quality. All references to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or the Department of Cultural Resources in acts of the 2015 General Assembly taking effect on or after the effective date of this section and in the Committee Report described in Section 33.2 of this act shall be construed to refer to the Department of Environmental Quality or the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, respectively. References to duties or requirements of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources with respect to entities transferred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be construed as duties or requirements of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as reorganized by this section." Pursuant to this authority, "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources" was substituted for "Department of Cultural Resources" in subdivision (a)(2). 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. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2015-285, s. 1, made this section effective October 22, 2015. §§ 70-22 through 70-25: Reserved for future codification purposes.