Recodifies GS 143­320(3) as GS 143B­135.44(3a).

Recodifies GS 143­323(a) and (b) as GS 143B­135.58(a & b) (Additional powers and duties of the Department regarding recreation).

Amends GS 143B­135.58, as enacted above, to transfer specified duties concerning recreation from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). Authorize and directs the DNCR, Division of Parks and Recreation, to accept and administer funding through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, or any successor for similar purposes, with the assistance of any additional personnel designated by the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources (Secretary), and to make a technical change.

Amends GS Chapter 143B, Article 2, Part 39 by changing the title to "North Carolina Zoological Park," and by enacting new GS 143B­135.204 (Administration of the North Carolina Zoological Park). Directs the Secretary to administer the North Carolina Zoological Park, and specifies the Secretaries duties, including to adopt goals and objectives for the Zoological Park, and to acquire, dispose of, and develop Zoological Park property.

Changes the name of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to the Land and Water Preservation Trust Fund, and directs the Revisor of Statutes to conform names and titles to that name change throughout the General Statutes, effective January 1, 2018.

Except as otherwise provided, the act is effective when it becomes law.