GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1993 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 249

HOUSE BILL 636

 

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 to be is custodian of shipwrecks, etc., and underwater archaeological artifacts; rules and regulations. 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 tackle, and underwater archaeological artifacts as defined in G.S. 121-22 hereof shall be the to which the State has title under G.S. 121-22.  The Department of Cultural Resources, which is empowered to promulgate such Resources may adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary to preserve, protect, recover and recover, or salvage any or all underwater properties as defined in G.S. 121-22 hereof; such rules and regulations, when approved by the Governor and Council of State, shall have the force and effect of law. 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.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1993.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives