H184 - Change Department of Cultural Resources' Process for Unclaimed Property (SL 2015-218)

Overview: S.L. 2015-218 does all of the following: (i) permits the Office of Archives and History within the Department of Cultural Resources to use the net proceeds of sales of artifacts for the maintenance or conservation of other artifacts, (ii) clarifies the circumstances and procedures under which a public or private museum or archives repository may acquire title to loaned property, (iii) causes all restrictions on access to public records to expire 100 years after creation of the record, with specified exceptions, (iv) clarifies that all photographs, video recordings, or other documentary materials of a derelict vessel or shipwreck or its contents in the custody of any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions are a public record, and (v) provides that a card or certificate for merchandise credit is not abandoned property if the card or certificate meets certain criteria.

The provision dealing with merchandise credit became effective July 1, 2012, and applies to merchandise credit issued on or after that date. The remainder of this act became effective August 18, 2015.