H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 14.14 of S.L. 2016-94 transfers authority and management of the Mattamuskeet Lodge (Lodge) in Hyde County, which was transferred from the federal government in 2006 (P.L. 109-358), from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC). This section also directs WRC to undertake advanced planning for the completion of renovations to the Lodge and to explore opportunities for a public-private partnership for future operation of the Lodge to optimize the sustainability and benefit of the Lodge to the community and authorizes WRC to use $200,000 of funds appropriated to it for the 2016-2017 fiscal year for this purpose. WRC must report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources no later than January 15, 2017, regarding its implementation of the requirements of this section.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.