GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 373*

Short Title:  Public Television Fund.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Payne, Barnes, Colton, B. Ethridge, Grimmer, Jack Hunt, Redwine; Hall and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Education.
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February 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A FUND IN THE FILM OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO BE USED TO ATTRACT NATIONAL PUBLIC TELEVISION FILM PRODUCTIONS TO NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is established a fund under the control of the Film Office of the Department of Commerce to be used to promote North Carolina as a location for national public television film productions.
The Director of the Film Office shall establish a special fund to implement this act. The Director shall be the custodian of the fund and have the discretion to expend the funds to assist American Playhouse Theater and other national public television film entities in considering North Carolina locations for shooting their film productions.
Sec. 2. The fund established by this act shall not take the place of State appropriations to the Film Office, but the funds shall be used to supplement other income and appropriations to the Film Office.
Sec. 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Film Office of the Department of Commerce the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for fiscal year 1989-90 to implement the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.