S22 - Historic Artifact Management and Patriotism Act (SL 2015-170)

Overview: S.L. 2015-170 does the following:

• Establishes laws for the handling, display, storage and retirement of both the United States and the North Carolina flags by State agencies and other political subdivisions of the State.
• Requires the Division of Veterans Affairs to establish a flag retirement program.
• Provides for the protection of certain monuments on public property by prohibiting their permanent removal and limiting the circumstances under which they may be relocated.
• Requires the Secretary of State to transfer the historical editions of the State Constitution and certain other documents to the Department of Cultural Resources.
• Requires the Department of Cultural Resources, in 2016, to arrange programs and public displays of the North Carolina and United States Constitutions and their amendments and related documents.

The requirement that the Secretary of State transfer certain documents to the Department of Cultural Resources became effective December 1, 2015. The remainder of this act became effective July 23, 2015.