House committee substitute to the 2nd edition deletes all provisions of the 2nd edition and instead provides as follows.

Allows non-state employees affiliated with the Transportation Museum to drive a state-owned vehicle on the museum property.

Amends GS 121-7.3 to allow the Department of Cultural Resources (Department) to charge an admission and related activity fee (was, admission fee) to any historic site or museum (was, museum only) administered by the Department. Requires the admission and related activity fee be deposited into the appropriate special fund and requires that the revenue be used for the individual historic site or museum where the receipts were generated. Deletes the provision requiring the Department to retain unbudgeted receipts at the end of the fiscal year and deposit them into the nonreverting account, to be used to support a portion of each museum's operations.

Amends GS 143B-71 to allow Tryon Palace to charge admission and related activity fees.

Enacts new GS 143B-87.2 creating the A+ Schools Special Fund in the Department's NC Arts Council consisting of all receipts from private donations, grant funds, and earned revenue. The Fund revenue may be used only for contracted services, conference and meeting expenses, travel, staff salaries, and other administrative costs related to the A+ Schools program. States that the section applies to the A+ Schools program, transferred to the NC Arts Council in SL 2010-31. Requires the Department to report to specified legislative entities by September 30 of each year on the source and amount of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all Fund expenditures during the prior fiscal year.

Amends the act's titles.