GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	2 

SENATE BILL 200
Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee Substitute Adopted 5/12/99

Short Title:  Funds for Public Projects.	(Public)

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March 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, PARKLAND ACQUISITION, AND FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the City of Charlotte the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to be allocated to the Afro-American Cultural Center to study and assess the future of the Center, to prepare a concept design to define the various functions, needs, size, and other special requirements for each space within the proposed new building, and to study the feasibility of the community's readiness for a capital campaign to expand the Center.
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Technological Development Authority, Inc., the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year for the development of a business incubator in Yancey County.
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to assist in the acquisition of additional parklands at Lake James State Park for outdoor recreation and conservation.
Section 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Mars Hill College the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year for the Appalachian Institute for Sustainability to promote sustainable economic development in Western North Carolina.
Section 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.