GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 669

Short Title:  Tourism Grant Program Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Gibson; Grady, Kimsey, B. Ethridge, Bowie, Jack Hunt, and Hurley.
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Referred to:  Commerce.
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DIVISION OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM FOR A TOURISM MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce, Division of Travel and Tourism, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year for the tourism matching grant program.
The Department of Commerce may not grant more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to any one grantee during a fiscal year to promote tourism.  No grantee may receive a grant in three consecutive fiscal years.  All grants by the Department of Commerce to promote tourism shall be made on condition that the grantee match the grant on a dollar-for-dollar basis.  Grants to promote tourism may not be used for the following purposes:
(1)	Capital construction.
(2)	Routine operating expenses normally paid by the grantee.
(3)	Existing programs of the grantee.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.