{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-50","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-50","heading":"Duties of the Department.","body":"It shall be the duty of the Department to do the following:\n(1)\tTo provide the necessary management, development of policy and establishment and enforcement of standards for the furtherance of resources, services and programs involving the arts and the historical and cultural aspects of the lives of the citizens of North Carolina.\n(2)\tTo provide and keep a museum or collection of the natural history of the State and to maintain the North Carolina Biological Survey. (1973, c. 476, s. 30; 2015-241, s. 14.30(fff).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 2. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.","Part 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-50.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"6d9dd38918f9201bf3ec994996c77dd4e3dcaba761af9dc7a872b5bee748fc59","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-49","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-50.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}