NC S813

Department of Cultural Resources shall study coordinated management structures for historic sites, reduced operating schedules, visitor counting mechanisms, and potential revenue enhancements through admission fees, corporate sponsorships, or operational transfers to nonprofits, with reports due December 15, 2012.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall study coordinated management of state parks, potential seasonal or daily park closures, visitor count validation methods, nonprofit partnerships for zoo and aquarium operations, and revenue enhancement options, with reports due December 15, 2012.

Specific historic sites targeted for revenue enhancement analysis include Alamance Battleground, Aycock Birthplace, Bennett Place, Bentonville Battlefield, Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial, Duke Homestead, Historic Edenton, Historic Stagville, Museum of the Albemarle, Thomas Wolfe Memorial, and Town Creek Indian Mound.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources must validate visitor per-car calculations at state parks no less frequently than every five years, with the first analysis due October 1, 2013.

Richard Caswell Memorial operating schedule to be determined after CSS Neuse relocates to a new facility.