GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 604*

Short Title:  Fernihurst Renovation Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Metcalf and Carter.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF FERNIHURST CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY CENTER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.(a)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Community Colleges the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to be allocated to Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to renovate the Fernihurst historic home on the property owned by Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to house the college's second-year culinary program.  The Fernihurst facility will be open to the public on a limited basis to broaden the students' culinary training experience and will provide a classical dining atmosphere for culinary, hospitality, and tourism training to better prepare students for a professional career in the culinary arts or hospitality management.
Section 1.(b)	These funds shall be matched by local funds on the basis of one dollar ($1.00) of local funds for every two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of State funds.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.