GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 844
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/15/89

Short Title:  Fort Defiance Funds.	(Local)
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March 23, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO FORT DEFIANCE, INC., IN CALDWELL COUNTY TO EMPLOY AN EDUCATION SPECIALIST AND A COUNTY TOURISM COORDINATOR FOR FORT DEFIANCE WHICH WAS THE HOME OF GENERAL WILLIAM LENOIR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Fort Defiance, Inc., in Caldwell County the sum of $25,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year to fund an education specialist staff position with the responsibility of coordinating school tours and general tours of Fort Defiance and training tour guides and to fund a staff position for a tourism coordinator to work with the Chamber of Commerce of Caldwell County in promoting tourism of the area.  Fort Defiance was built in 1792 and was the home of General William Lenoir.  It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.