DNCR Legislative Reports List
| Due Date | Send To | Report | Statutory Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| The submission of legislative reports in governed by G.S. 120-29.5 | |||
| All DNCR legislative reports must be submitted to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources (JLOCANER) Chairs per G.S. 120-313. | |||
| 1-Jan | JLOCANER & FRD | 2025 - study of the potential and feasibility of a multipurpose active tourism rail and hiking corridor on the portion of the Norfolk Southern W-Line rail corridor from the City of Hendersonville to either the Town of Tryon or the Town of Salud and, if such a multipurpose active tourism rail and hiking corridor is dteremined to be feasible, to develop a conceptual plan and preliminary engineering for its implementation | Section 14.7 of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 15-Jan | FRD | S.L. 2021-180 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.2(b)(3) of S.L. 2021-180 |
| 15-Jan | FRD | S.L. 2022-74 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2022-74 |
| 15-Jan | FRD | S.L. 2023-134 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 15-Feb | Gov, JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a biennial report of the Department's library-related activities and needs, including recommendations for improving its services to the State; each odd-numbered year | G.S. 125-2(2) |
| 15-Feb | Gov, JLOCANER, FRD | a biennial report on the activities of the Board of Trustees and of the North Carolina Museum of Art; each odd-numbered year | G.S. 140-5.14(10) |
| 15-Feb | Gov, JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a biennial report of the Department's progress in the promotion of the arts; each odd-numbered year | G.S. 143-406 |
| 15-Feb | Gov, JLOCANER, FRD | receive, analyze, and recommend the disposition of any request for grants-in-aid funding received by the Department from or for any private nonprofit organizations in the areas of history, art, and culture | G.S. 121-12.1 |
| 15-Feb | Gov, JLOCANER, FRD | the activities of the past biennium and plans for the coming biennium, and detailing specific recommendations for action that the Secretary deems necessary for the improvement of the Natural Heritage Program; each odd-numbered year | G.S. 143B-135.256(7) |
| 15-Apr | FRD | S.L. 2021-180 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.2(b)(3) of S.L. 2021-180 |
| 15-Apr | FRD | S.L. 2022-74 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2022-74 |
| 15-Apr | FRD | S.L. 2023-134 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 15-Jul | FRD | S.L. 2021-180 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.2(b)(3) of S.L. 2021-180 |
| 15-Jul | FRD | S.L. 2022-74 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2022-74 |
| 15-Jul | FRD | S.L. 2023-134 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a report that includes the source and amount of all funds credited to the A+ Schools Special Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-87.2 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a report on the source and amount of all funds credited to the Queen Anne's Revenge Project Special Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-53.3 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a report on the State Historic Sites and Museums Special Fund that includes the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 121-7.7 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, FRD | a report on the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 121-21.1 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, FRD | a report on the North Carolina Aquariums Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-135.188 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, FRD | a report on the North Carolina Zoo Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-135.209 |
| 30-Sep | House AgNER Approps, Senate AgNER Approps, FRD | a report on the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-135.225 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, FRD | a report on the Bentonville Battlefield Fund that shall include the source and amount of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 121-7.5 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, FRD | a report on the North Carolina Transportation Museum Fund that shall include the source and amount of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 121-7.6 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps Chairs, Senate AgNER Approps Chairs, FRD | a report on the Tobacco Farm Life Museum Fund that includes the source and amount of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year | G.S. 121-7.8 |
| 30-Sep | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps, Senate AgNER Approps, FRD | a report of all funds held by the Tryon Palace Commission outside the State Treasury | G.S. 121-20 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER, FRD, ERC | State Parks System Plan; every five years after 2018 | G.S. 143B-135.48 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER, FRD, ERC | a report on allocations from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund from the prior fiscal year | G.S. 143B-135.56 |
| 1-Oct | Gov, JLOCANER, FRD | a report on trail activities by the Department, including rights-of-way that have been established and on the program for implementing Part 32 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes (must include a summary of actions to promote and support the establishment of the Saluda Grade Trail per Section 14.5 of S.L. 2023-134) | G.S. 143B-135.102 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER & FRD | report on the use of the Great Trails Fund that includes a list of grant recipients and amounts, a description of trail projects funded, and a summary of non-State funds leveraged with grant funding (may be discontinued after final summary report once funds are expended; may be combined with Trails Report) | Section 14.6 of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER & FRD | report on the use of the Complete the Trails Fund that includes a list of grant recipients and amounts, a description of trail projects funded, and a summary of non-State funds leveraged with grant funding (may be discontinued after final summary report once funds are expended; may be combined with Trails Report) | Section 14.7 of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER, FRD | a report outlining the needs of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences and recommendations for improvement of the effectiveness of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences | G.S. 143B-135.221 |
| 1-Oct | House Approps Chairs, House GenGov Approps, Senate Approps Chairs, Senate GenGovIT Approps, JLOCIT, FRD, OSBM | a report on mobile device usage | Section 6A.14 of S.L. 2011-145 as amended by Section 11(f) of S.L. 2011-391, Section 6A.7 of S.L. 2012-142, and Section 3.1 of S.L. 2015-286 |
| 1-Oct | JLOCANER & FRD | 2026 - final report regarding the acquisition of the Saluda Grade rail corridor | Section 14.5 of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 15-Oct | JLOCANER | a report on all fees charged at all historic sites, museums, aquariums, and State parks and at the North Carolina Zoological Park and the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship in the previous fiscal year | G.S. 143B-53.10 |
| 15-Oct | FRD | S.L. 2021-180 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.2(b)(3) of S.L. 2021-180 |
| 15-Oct | FRD | S.L. 2022-74 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2022-74 |
| 15-Oct | FRD | S.L. 2023-134 directed grants (until expended) | Section 5.3(b)(3) of S.L. 2023-134 |
| 1-Dec | JLOCANER, House AgNER Approps, Senate AgNER Approps, FRD, ERC | a report including a list of the projects awarded grants from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund for the previous 12-month period | G.S. 143B-135.244 |
| State Building Commission | a report on certain exempt North Carolina Zoological Park contracts | G.S. 143B-135.214 | |
| Gov | a report of all money received and expended in the administration of the North Carolina State Parks System, and of such other items as may be called for by the Governor or by the General Assembly | G.S. 100-15 | |
| prior to acquisition | JLOCANER, FRD | consultation prior to acquisition of historic properties for the purpose of protecting or preserving any property of historical, architectural, archaeological, or other cultural importance to the people of North Carolina, and subject to the provisions of Subchapter II of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes | G.S. 121-9(b)&(b1) |
| upon finding that destruction or serious impairment of the value of an historic property is imminent | Gov and CoS | a report on the importance and the desirability of ownership of the property, or the ownership of an interest therein, by the State of North Carolina of a property which has been found by the Department to be important for public ownership or assistance and is in danger of being sold, used, or neglected to such an extent that its historical or cultural importance will be destroyed or seriously impaired, or that the property is otherwise in danger of destruction or serious impairment | G.S. 121-9(g) |
| when introduced | the chairman of each legislative committee to which the bill is referred | a report on the findings and recommendations of the Historical Commission relating to any property having historic, archaeological, architectural, or other cultural value or significance when a bill has been filed seeking an appropriation of State funds to the Department for the purpose of acquiring, preserving, restoring, or operating, or otherwise assisting such property | G.S. 121-12 |
| when introduced | the chairman of each legislative committee to which the bill is referred | a report on the findings and recommendations of the Historical Commission relating to any history musem when a bill has been filed seeking an appropriation of State funds to the Department for the purpose of assisting such museum | G.S. 121-12 |
| from time-to-time | Gov, JLOCANER, FRD | proposals for the additions to the natural and scenic rivers system of rivers and segments of rivers which, in the Secretary's judgment, fall within one or more of the categories set out in G.S. 143B-135.148 | G.S. 143B-135.156 |
| within 90 days after the convening of the next session of the General Assembly following issuance of the designation | JLOCANER, FRD | a full report and, if appropriate, a proposal for an addition to the natural and scenic rivers system on a segment designated as a potential component of the natural and scenic rivers system | G.S. 143B-135.156 |
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