(A) All real property owned or used by the Culture and Heritage Commission, or any related entity, for commission purposes shall be transferred to the county by the persons or entities owning title thereto, and all real property used or acquired for commission purposes shall be owned, purchased, leased, held, conveyed or disposed of in the name of the county by the County Council. All collections, artifacts, exhibits, items suitable for use in the programs and projects of the commission, and personal property shall be owned and held by the Culture and Heritage Commission in trust; and all personal property, collections, artifacts, exhibits or items shall be purchased, leased, held, conveyed or disposed of by appropriate action of the commission taken at a regular or special meeting after proper notice with a quorum present, and any action shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which action was taken. The Culture and Heritage Commission shall annually file with the County Council a report and accounting of all real property owned, leased or used by the county or the commission or any related entity for commission purposes. However, the commission shall not sell, convey or otherwise dispose of a material portion of the collection or other personal property held in trust by the commission for the benefit of York County; nor shall the commission purchase, lease or otherwise acquire a significant body of items or personal property such as to materially alter the nature or character of the collection, without the prior approval of the County Council.
(B) The commission shall also file an annual report and accounting of personal property, collections, exhibits, artifacts, grants, appropriations, gifts, revenues or donations owned, held, used, received, transferred, purchased, sold, leased or disposed of by the commission during the previous fiscal year with the County Council. In the event the Culture and Heritage Commission is dissolved, the collections, artifacts, exhibits and property of the commission shall be turned over to one or more organizations that, themselves, are exempt as organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) or Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or corresponding or related sections of prior or future internal revenue codes, or to the federal, state or local government for public purposes, and all other real and personal property shall be transferred and conveyed to the county.
(‘77 Code, § 11-40.8) (Ord. 6797, passed 10-20-97; Am. Ord. 3403, passed 11-3-03; Am. Ord. 611, passed 5-2-11)