§ 100-2. Approval of memorials before acceptance by State; regulation of existing memorials, etc.; "work of art" defined; highway markers. - North Carolina Statutes

§100‑2.  Approval of memorials before acceptance by State; regulation ofexisting memorials, etc.; "work of art" defined; highway markers.

No memorial or work of artshall hereafter become the property of the State by purchase, gift orotherwise, unless such memorial or work of art or a design of the same,together with the proposed location of the same, shall first have beensubmitted to and approved by the North Carolina Historical Commission; norshall any memorial or work of art, until so submitted and approved, becontracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any propertybelonging to the State. No existing memorial or work of art owned by the Stateshall be removed, relocated, or altered in any way without approval of theNorth Carolina Historical Commission. The term "work of art" as usedin this section shall include any painting, portrait, mural decoration, stainedglass, statue, bas‑relief, sculpture, monument, tablet, fountain, orother article or structure of a permanent character intended for decoration orcommemoration. This section, however, shall not apply to markers set up by theBoard of Transportation in cooperation with the Department of Environment andNatural Resources and the Department of Cultural Resources as provided byChapter 197 of the Public Laws of 1935. (1941, c. 341, s. 2; 1957, c.65, s. 11; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; c. 507, s. 5; c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s.4; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1306, ss. 3, 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(27); 1997‑443,s. 11A.119(a).)