Sec. 34.04.03.14. State Submerged Artifact Register

A. Establishment of Register.

(1) The Trust shall establish a State Submerged Artifact Register for the registration and recordation of artifacts recovered from the State's submerged lands which the Trust considers to be of significant scientific, archeological, anthropological, historical, recreational, or other public value.

(2) The Register shall be available to the public and shall contain at least a description of the artifacts, the person or persons who recovered them, and the scientific, archeological, anthropological, or historic significance of the artifacts.

(3) The Trust may maintain additional information and documents pertinent to the artifacts in other records or databases within the Trust or the Department of Planning.

B. Entry on Register.

(1) Through data, photographs, and any other means of documentation, the Trust may enter on the Register any artifact which is recovered in accordance with these regulations, including those recovered by:

(a) Persons who received permits under Regulation .09 or .10 of this chapter;

(b) Persons who exercise the right under Regulation .03 of this chapter to limited collection of artifacts without a permit; and

(c) The Trust exercising its right under Regulation .13 of this chapter.

(2) At the discretion of the Trust, artifacts recovered from the State's submerged lands before the effective date of these regulations may also be entered on the Register.

C. Treatment of Information. The Trust shall treat all information referred to in §§A and B of this Regulation in the same manner as that in regulation .17A of this chapter.