GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 636
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/5/93

Short Title:  Underwater Archaeology Site Rules.	(Public)
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March 29, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING RULES FOR UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY SITES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 121-23 reads as rewritten:
"§ 121-23.  Department is custodian of underwater personal property of the State and may adopt rules concerning the property.
The Department of Cultural Resources is the custodian of shipwrecks, vessels, cargoes, tackle, and underwater archaeological artifacts to which the State has title under G.S. 121-22.  The Department of Cultural Resources may adopt rules necessary to preserve, protect, recover, or salvage any or all of these properties."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to rules adopted by the Department of Cultural Resources on or after that date.