AN ACT to repeal commissions within the department of cultural resources that have served their purpose and to Repeal the statutory language relating to the use of alkaline paper for public documents and previously repealed COMMISSIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 125‑11.13 reads as rewritten:
"§ 125‑11.13.  Alkaline paper required for government publications.
(a)	State publications that are of historical or enduring value and importance to the citizens of North Carolina shall be printed on alkaline (acid‑free) paper. These publications shall be designated on an annual basis by the State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and shall include publications of an historical, biographical, legal, or statistical nature relating to the State of North Carolina, past, present, or future. These publications shall identify thereon, adjacent to the name of the agency responsible for publication, a statement that the publication is printed on permanent paper.
	
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SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 143‑170.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑170.5.  Designated public documents to be printed on alkaline paper.
Each agency publishing a State document designated by the State Librarian and the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as one that must be printed on alkaline paper shall comply with that publication requirement."
SECTION 2.  The First Flight Centennial Commission, Article 67 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143‑640 through G.S. 143‑643, is repealed.
SECTION 3.  The North Carolina Postal History Commission, Article 71 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143‑675 through G.S. 143‑679, is repealed.
SECTION 4.  The America's Four Hundredth Committee, Part 13 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143B‑85 and G.S. 143B‑86, is repealed.
SECTION 5.  The John Motley Morehead Commission, Part 23 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, being G.S. 143B‑111 through G.S. 143B‑115, is repealed. For any lawful purpose, the Department of Cultural Resources shall be the successor in interest to the John Motley Morehead Commission.
SECTION 6.  G.S. 143B‑51 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑51.  Functions of the Department.
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(b)	All such functions, powers, duties, and obligations heretofore vested in any agency enumerated in Article 17 of Chapter 143A of the General Statutes are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Cultural Resources except as otherwise provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973. They shall include, by way of extension and not of limitation, the functions of:
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(16)	The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission;
	
(18)	The North Carolina Awards Commission;
	
(20)	The Roanoke Island Historical Association, Inc.;

	
(24)	The Edenton Historical Commission;
(25)	The Historic Bath Commission;
(26)	The Historic Hillsborough Commission; and
	
(28)	The Historic Murfreesboro Commission.

	

	

	
	
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SECTION 7.  G.S. 143B‑53 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑53.  Organization of the Department.
The Department of Cultural Resources shall be organized initially to include the Art Commission, the Art Museum Building Commission, the North Carolina Historical Commission, the Tryon Palace Commission, the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission, the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, the North Carolina Awards Committee, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Public Librarian Certification Commission, the State Library Commission, the North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc., and the Division of the State Library, the Division of Archives and History, the Division of the Arts, and such other divisions as may be established under the provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."
SECTION 8.  G.S. 143B‑62 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑62.  North Carolina Historical Commission – creation, powers and duties.
There is hereby created the North Carolina Historical Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources to give advice and assistance to the Secretary of Cultural Resources and to promulgate rules and regulations to be followed in the acquisition, disposition, preservation, and use of records, artifacts, real and personal property, and other materials and properties of historical, archaeological, architectural, or other cultural value, and in the extension of State aid to other agencies, counties, municipalities, organizations, and individuals in the interest of historic preservation.
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(3)	The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this section. All current rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the Executive Board of the State Department of Archives and History, the Historic Sites Advisory Committee, the North Carolina Advisory Council on Historical Preservation, and the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission shall remain in full force and effect unless and until repealed or superseded by action of the Historical Commission. All rules and regulations adopted by the Commission shall be enforced by the Department of Cultural Resources."
SECTION 9.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of July, 2015.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Paul Stam
	 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

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		 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2015