GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2237

Short Title:  Capital Area Visitor Ctr. Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Cooper.
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Referred to:  Government.
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June 1, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A NEW CAPITAL AREA VISITOR CENTER.
Whereas, the Capital Area Visitor Center serves the State of North Carolina as an information center and schedules tours for groups to visit the government complex and other local sites; and
Whereas, the Visitor Center provides initial orientation and interpretation for the State Capitol and the Executive Mansion; and
Whereas, the Visitor Center was established in 1976 and has grown to over 100,000 visitors annually, with the majority of these visitors school children; and
Whereas, the present facilities have not been updated since 1976 and are inadequate to meet the increasing number if visitors; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of $136,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year for advance plans to be developed for a new visitor center and two layers of underground parking to be located on the site specified by the North Carolina Planning Commission in its master plan for the State Government Center.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.