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The Daily Bulletin: Thursday, April 2, 2015
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 184 (2015-2016) CHANGE DCR PROCESS FOR UNCLAIMED PROPER TY.-AB Filed Mar 10 2015, AN ACT TO ALLOW
TILE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES, OFFICE OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, TO USE THE NET PROCEEDS
OF THE SALE OF ARTIFACTS FOR MAINTENANCE OR CONSERVA TION OF OTHER ARTIFACTS; TO CLARIFY THE
PROCESS FOR TRANSFERRING TITLE OF UNCLAIMED OR UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY LOANED TO MUSEUMS
AND HISTORICAL REPOSITORIES TO THOSE MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL REPOSITORIES; AND TO SETA TIME
LIMITATION ON CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS
House amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Amends GS 121-51 to rewrite the definitions for archives repository and museum as those terms apply in Article 5, GS
Chapter 121.
Defines archives repository to have the same meaning as the term North Carolina State Archives as defined in GS 121-
2(7) (was, a nonprofit organization or public agency open to the public on a regular basis with primary functions that
include selecting, preserving, and making available records of enduring or historical value; includes the libraries).
Defines museum to mean any museum or historic site administered by the Department of Cultural Resources, including
the term North Carolina Museum of History as defined in GS 121 -2(6) (was, a nonprofit organization or public agency
open on a regular basis to the public and operated primarily for the purpose of collecting, cataloging, preserving, or
exhibiting property of educational, scientific, historic, cultural, or aesthetic interest; includes historical societies and
historic sites).
Intro, by R. Brown, Cleveland, Floyd, Riddell.
GS 121, GS 132
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Government, Cultural Resources and Museums, State
Agencies, Department of Cultural Resources
H 215 (2015-2016) PROCEDURE FOR WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Filed Mar 1 1 20\5, AN ACT TO ESTABLISH
PROCEDURE FOR WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CRIMINAL CASES IN SUPERIOR COURT.
House amendments make the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Amendment #1
Deletes the following language from proposed GS 1 5A-1 20 1 (c): "for a tentative trial date."
Amends proposed GS 15A- 120 1(c), appearing to intend, that after notice of waiver by the defense, the State can contact
the judge scheduled to preside, and the defendant, in writing, to determine whether the judge agrees to hear that case
without a jury (previously, did not require the defendant to be contacted). Adds language which gives a defendant the
right to revoke a waiver to jury trial once within 1 0 business days of the defendant's initial decision if the defendant does
so in open court with the State present, or in writing to both the State and the judge. Provides that the decision to revoke
is final and binding.
Amendment #2
