A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make changes regarding the conveyance and taxation of the lumbee tribe cultural center.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2013‑186 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.  Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this act:
(1)	Indian Cultural Center site. – Parcel 1, less and except approximately 110 acres for the use and operation of the Riverside Golf Course within Parcel 1, as well as Parcel 2, Parcel 3, and Parcel 4, all of which are located in Maxton Township, Robeson County, and which is more particularly described in the conveyance to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in Book 1949, Page 149, Robeson County Registry.
(2)	Parcel 1. – 386.69 acres, more or less, by deed from the Riverside Country Club of Pembroke, Inc., dated April 14, 1983, recorded in Book 533, Page 164, Robeson County Registry and by deed dated August 24, 1984, recorded in Book 563, Page 254, Robeson County Registry.
(3)	Parcel 2. – 91.5 acres, more or less, by deed from Evelyn S. Morgan Abbott, dated March 25, 1988, recorded in Book 575, Page 523, Robeson County Registry.
(4)	Parcel 3. – 10 acres, more or less, by deed from H.C. Locklear, et ux, dated December 12, 1985, recorded in Book 586, Page 142, Robeson County Registry.
(5)	Parcel 4. – 42.50 acres, more or less, by deed from Ronald Revels and wife, Dorisetta Revels, dated December 17, 1996, recorded in Book 931, Page 415, Robeson County Registry."
SECTION 2.  Section 4 of S.L. 2013‑186 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 4.  Sale of Parcel 1. – (a) The Department of Administration shall first offer Parcel 1 to the Lumbee Tribal Administration for purchase, subject to the following restrictive covenants that would run with the land, a violation of any of which would result in the property reverting to State ownership:
(1)	The land must be made and remain open and available for public use.

	
If any provision of this subsection or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subsection that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this subsection are severable."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 105‑275 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(48a)	Real and personal property located on lands conveyed to a State‑recognized Indian tribe, described in Chapter 71A of the General Statutes where the sums paid for the purchase were returned to the tribe."
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina an amount equal to the sum paid (i) to the State in connection with the conveyance of the Indian Cultural Center site described in Section 1 of S.L. 2013‑186 and (ii) the sum paid for ad valorem property taxes by the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina for the Indian Cultural Center site described in Section 1 of S.L. 2013‑186.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.