N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-1
Short title
Short title. This Article shall be known as the North Carolina Archives and History Act. (1973, c. 476, s. 48.)
North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 121 — Chapter 121.
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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-2
Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Article: (1) "Agency" shall mean any State, county, or municipal office, department, division, board, commission or separate unit of government created or established by constitution or law. (2) "Commission" shall mean the North Carolina Historical Commission. (3) "Department" shal…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-3
Name
Name. The archival and historical agency of the State of North Carolina shall be the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. (1945, c. 55; 1955, c. 543, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-4
Powers and duties of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Powers and duties of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To accept gifts, devises, and endowments for purposes which fall within the general legal powers and duties of the Department. Unless otherwise specifie…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-4.1
North Carolina Register of Historic Places
North Carolina Register of Historic Places. (a) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may establish, expand, and maintain a North Carolina Register of Historic Places composed of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in North Carolina history, architecture, archaeology, engineering…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-5
Public records and archives
Public records and archives. (a) State Archival Agency Designated. - The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall be the official archival agency of the State of North Carolina with authority as provided throughout this Chapter and Chapter 132 of the General Statutes of North Carolina in relation to the publi…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-5.1
State Historical Records Advisory Board
State Historical Records Advisory Board. (a) The State Historical Records Advisory Board, which was constituted in 1975 in accordance with 44 U.S.C. § 2501; 36 C.F.R. § 1206 is continued under State law and shall be located administratively in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Board shall consist of…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-6
Historical publications
Historical publications. (a) General Provisions. - It shall be the duty of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to promote and encourage the writing of North Carolina history and to collect, edit, publish, print, and distribute books, pamphlets, papers, manuscripts, documents, maps, and other materials rela…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7
Historical museums
Historical museums. (a) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall maintain and administer State historic sites and museums under the management of the Office of Archives and History for the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of authentic artifacts and other historical materials relating to the…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.1
Maritime Museum; disposition of artifacts
Maritime Museum; disposition of artifacts. Notwithstanding Article 3A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, G.S. 143-49(4), or any other law pertaining to surplus State property, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with the approval of the North Carolina Historical Commission, may sell, lease, donate, t…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.2
Maritime Museum; branch museum
Maritime Museum; branch museum. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall assume from the Southport Maritime Museum, Inc., the administration of the Southport Maritime Museum in Brunswick County and shall operate it as a branch of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. (1999-237, s. 26.1(a); 2015-241, s. 14.3…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.3
Admission and related activity fees and operating hours
Admission and related activity fees and operating hours. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may charge a reasonable admission and related activity fee to the Roanoke Island Festival Park and any historic site or museum administered by the Department. Admission and related activity fees collected under thi…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.4
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall assume from the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, the administration of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island and shall designate it as a member of the State History Museums Division, in accordance with the feasib…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.5
Bentonville Battlefield Fund
Bentonville Battlefield Fund. (a) Fund. - The Bentonville Battlefield Fund is created as a special, interest-bearing, and nonreverting fund in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of State Historic Sites. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be used for operation, interpreta…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.6
North Carolina Transportation Museum special fund
North Carolina Transportation Museum special fund. (a) Fund Established. - The North Carolina Transportation Museum Fund is created as a special, interest-bearing, nonreverting enterprise fund in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be used to pay…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.7
State Historic Sites and Museums special fund
State Historic Sites and Museums special fund. (a) Fund. - The State Historic Sites and Museums Fund is created as a special, interest-bearing revenue fund in the Division of State Historic Sites and the Division of State History Museums. The Fund consists of all receipts derived from the lease or rental of property or…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-7.8
Tobacco Farm Life Museum Fund
Tobacco Farm Life Museum Fund. (a) Fund. - The Tobacco Farm Life Museum Fund is created as a special, interest-bearing revenue fund in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Fund consists of all receipts derived from the lease or rental of property or facilities, disposition of structures or products of…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-8
Historic preservation program
Historic preservation program. (a) Historic Preservation Agency Designated. - The historic preservation agency of the State of North Carolina shall be the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. (b) Surveys of Historic Properties. - The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall conduct a continuing state…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-9
Historic properties
Historic properties. (a) Administration of Properties Acquired by State. - Historic or archaeological properties acquired by the State for administration by the State of North Carolina shall be under the control and administration of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Upon approval of the North Carolina…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-9.1
Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation
Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation. (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 121-9, the State of North Carolina accepts the transfer of the Mattamuskeet Lodge and surrounding property to the State under the Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation Act, P.L. 109-358. The property shall be transferred to and managed by the Wildlife Resour…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-10
Security of historic properties
Security of historic properties. (a) Designated Employees Commissioned Special Peace Officers by Governor. - Upon application by the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to commission as special peace officers such employees of the Department of Natural and Cultur…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-11
Procedures where assistance extended to cities, counties, and other agencies or individuals
Procedures where assistance extended to cities, counties, and other agencies or individuals. In consideration of the public purpose thereby achieved, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may assist any county, city, or other political subdivision, corporation or organization, or private individual in the ac…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-12
North Carolina Historical Commission
North Carolina Historical Commission. (a) Protection of Properties on National Register. - It shall be the duty of the Historical Commission, meeting at such times and according to such procedures as it shall by rule prescribe, to provide an advisory and coordinative mechanism in and by which State undertakings of ever…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-12.2
Procedures for preparing budget requests and expending appropriations for grants-in-aid
Procedures for preparing budget requests and expending appropriations for grants-in-aid. Requests for funding may be submitted by these organizations to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. If received by any other department of State government except the General Assembly they shall be forwarded to the De…
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-13
Acquisition of portrait of Governor during term of office
Acquisition of portrait of Governor during term of office. During the term of office of each Governor of this State and at least six months prior to its expiration, the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources is directed to select a skilled artist to paint a portrait of such Governor, and have the same suitably fra…
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