GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2107*

Short Title:  State Folk Festival/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Beall and Ramsey.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 24, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADOPT FOLKMOOT USA AS NORTH CAROLINA'S INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 145 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 145-14. State International Folk Festival.
Folkmoot USA is adopted as the official State international folk festival of the State of North Carolina."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources for the North Carolina International Folk Festival, Inc., (Folkmoot USA), in Haywood County $75,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to further its international cultural exchange of good will in North Carolina.  This shall become an item in the Department of Cultural Resources' continuation budget.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.