GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 65
HOUSE BILL 180

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES IN THE LAW REGARDING SURVEYS OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 121-8(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Surveys of Historic Properties. – The Department of Cultural Resources shall conduct a continuing statewide survey to identify, document, and record properties having historical, architectural, archaeological, or other cultural significance to the State, its communities, and the nation. Upon approval of the North Carolina Historical Commission, the Director of the Division of Archives and History or his designee as the State Historic Preservation Officer, may nominate appropriate properties for entry in the National Register of Historic Places as established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Public Law 89-665, 16 U.S.C. section 470. The Department of Cultural Resources shall maintain a permanent file containing research reports, descriptions, photographs, and other appropriate documentation relating to properties deemed worthy of inclusion in the statewide survey."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of April, 1989.