GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 203*

Short Title:  Colburn Museum Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; and Sherrill.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 2, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE BASE FUNDING FOR THE COLBURN GEM AND MINERAL MUSEUM IN THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide base funding for the Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum through the Museum of Natural Science's Grassroots Science Museum Program.  The Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum, located in the City of Asheville, is a member of the Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative and provides earth science educational programs.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.