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Q 143- 345.6. Land records management program. (a) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Re- sources shall administer a land records management program for the purposes (i) of advising registers of deeds, local tax officials, and local planning officials about sound management practices, and (ii) of establishing greater uniformity in local land records systems. The management program shall consist of the activities provided for in subsections (b) through (e) of this section, and other related activities' essential to the effective conduct of the management pro- gram. (b) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Re- sources, in cooperation with the Secretary of Cultural Resources and in accordance with G.S. 121.5(c) and G.S. 132.8.1, shall estab. lish minimum standards and provide advice and technical assis- tance to local governments in implementing and maintaining mini- mum standards with regard to the following aspects of land records management: (1) Uniform indexing of land records; (2) Uniform recording and indexing procedures for maps, plats and condominiums; and (3) Security and reproduction of land records. (c) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Re- sources shall conduct a program for the preparation of county base maps pursuant to standards prepared by that Department. (cl) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Re- sources shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Revenue, conduct a program for the preparation of county cadestral maps pursuant to standards prepared by the Department of Natural Resources. (dl) The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Re- sources shall make comparative salary studies periodically of all registers of deeds offices and at the conclusion of each study the Secretary of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall present his written findings and shall make recommendations to the board of county commissioners and register of deeds of each county. (e) The Department of Erivitonment, Health and Natural Re- sources,, in cooperation with the -90 of dulturd Resources and in accordance with G.S. 121.5( S. 132 -8.1, shall under. take research and provide advice and o �ca1� assistance g went governments on the following aspects (1) Centralized recording systems; (2) Filming. filing and recording techniques and equipment; (3) Computerized land records systems; and (4) Storage and retrieval of land records. (f) An advisory committee on land records is created to assist the Secretary in administering the lund records management program. The Governor shall appoint 12 members to the committee; one member shall be appointed from each of the organizations listed below from persons nominated by the organization: (1) The North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers; (2) The North Carolina Section of the American Society of Photogrammetry; (3) The North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Planners; (4) The North Carolina Section of the American Society of Civil Enginears; (5) The Nort h Carolina Tax Collectors' Association; (6) The North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds; (7) The North Carolina Bar Association; (8) The North Carolina Society of Land Surveyors; and (9) The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. In addition, three members from 'the public at large shall be ap- pointed. The members of the committee shall be appointed for four - year terms, except that the initial terms for members listed in posi- tions (1) through (4) above and for two of the members -at -large shall be two years; thereafter all appointments shall be for four years. The Governor shall appoint the chairman, and the committee shall meet at the call of the chairman. The Governor in making the appointments shall try to achieve geographical and population bal- ance on the advisory committee; one third of the appointments shall be persons, from the most populous counties in the State cnataining approximately one third of the State's population, one third from the least populous counties containing approXIMStely one third of the State's population, and one third shill be from the remaining moderately populous counties containing approximately one third of the State's population. Each orgaatsation shall nominate one nominee each from the more populous, moderately populous, and less populous counties of the State. The members of the committee shall receive per diem and subsistence and travel allowances as provided in G.S. 138 -5. (1977, c. 771, s. 4; c. 932, s. 1;1985, c. 479, s. 165(d), (e); 1987, c. 738, s. 158(a).)