H.B. 168 Summary

• Increases North Carolina Museum of Art Board of Trustees from 25 to 26 members, with the Governor appointing one additional member (from 13 to 14 total).

• Clarifies surplus property disposal procedures for museums and aquariums by exempting artifact and collection disposals from standard state surplus property requirements, allowing sales, leases, donations, and trades with net proceeds used for collection maintenance and conservation.

• Renames the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to the North Carolina Land and Water Fund throughout statutes while maintaining its existing structure and operations.

• Updates State Nature and Historic Preserve boundaries to reference May 2, 2023 as the date for component properties and adds new state properties including Bethania historic sites and Occoneechee Mountain and South Mountains state parks with broadband tower provisions.

• Makes various technical corrections including updates to public records statutes regarding derelict vessel documentation, time limitations on confidential records (100 years from creation), and clarifications to state park lodging facility exemptions and zoological park operations.