§ 143B-135.260 – Dedication of nature preserves.
143B-135.260. Dedication of nature preserves. (a) The State may accept the dedication of nature preserves on lands deemed by the Secretary to qualify as outstanding natural areas. Nature preserves may be dedicated by voluntary act of the owner. The owner of a qualified natural area may transfer fee simple title or other interest in land […]
§ 143B-135.262 – Nature preserves held in trust.
143B-135.262. Nature preserves held in trust. Lands dedicated for nature preserves pursuant to this Part are held in trust by the State for those uses and purposes expressed in this Part for the benefit of the people of North Carolina. These lands shall be managed and protected according to regulations adopted by the Secretary. Lands […]
§ 143B-135.264 – Dedication of state-owned lands to nature preserves; procedures.
143B-135.264. Dedication of state-owned lands to nature preserves; procedures. Subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of State, state-owned lands may be dedicated as a nature preserve. State-owned lands shall be dedicated by allocation pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 143-341(4)g. Lands dedicated pursuant to this section may be removed from dedication upon […]
§ 143B-135.266 – Dedication of preserves by local governmental units.
143B-135.266. Dedication of preserves by local governmental units. All local units of government may dedicate lands as nature preserves by transfer of fee simple title or other interest in land to the State. (1985, c. 216, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(k2).)
§ 143B-135.240 – Clean Water Management Trust FundBoard of Trustees established; membership qualifications; vacancies; meetings and meeting facilities.
143B-135.240. Clean Water Management Trust Fund: Board of Trustees established; membership qualifications; vacancies; meetings and meeting facilities. (a) Board of Trustees Established. – There is established the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees. The Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees shall be administratively located within the Department of Natural and Cultural […]
§ 143B-135.242 – Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trusteespowers and duties.
143B-135.242. Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees: powers and duties. (a) Allocate Grant Funds. – The Trustees shall allocate moneys from the Fund as grants. A grant may be awarded only for a project or activity that satisfies the criteria and furthers the purposes of this Part. (b) Develop Grant Criteria. – The […]
§ 143B-135.244 – Clean Water Management Trust Fundreporting requirement.
143B-135.244. Clean Water Management Trust Fund: reporting requirement. The Chair of the Board of Trustees shall report no later than December 1 each year to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Environmental Review Commission, the Subcommittees of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees with jurisdiction over […]
§ 143B-135.227 – North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program.
143B-135.227. North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program. (a) Grant Program. – The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences (hereinafter "Museum of Natural Sciences") shall administer the North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program as a competitive grant program. Any museum in the State may apply for a grant under the Program, but grant funds shall […]
§ 143B-135.229 – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' satellite museums.
143B-135.229. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ satellite museums. (a) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall establish and administer the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville in Columbus County as a satellite museum of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. (b) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may […]
§ 143B-135.230 – Purpose.
143B-135.230. Purpose. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to support and accelerate the State’s programs of land conservation and protection and farmland and open space preservation and coordination to find means to assure and increase funding for these programs, to support the long-term management of conservation lands acquired by the State, and […]