GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1007*

Short Title:  A.A. Cunningham Air Museum Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Barker.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 25, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE A. A. CUNNINGHAM AIR MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC., FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGIONALLY FAMOUS AND NATIONALLY IMPORTANT MARINE AND AVIATION MUSEUM.
Whereas, in 1912 First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to fly and in his honor the first landing strip at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point was named Cunningham Field; and
Whereas, a nonprofit foundation was created to build the Alfred A. Cunningham Air Museum in Havelock, Craven County, a command sponsored museum on 30 acres of U.S. Government property along Highway 101 on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point; and
Whereas, the Alfred A. Cunningham Air Museum is being designed to play a significant role in recognition, preservation, and display of aviation equipment, aviation art, and aerodynamic technology; and
Whereas, it is conservatively estimated that the museum, when completed will attract more than 540,000 visitors in 1991 and will attract more than 1,000,000 visitors in the year 2000 with the attendant contribution to the local economy of Havelock, Craven County, eastern North Carolina, and all of this great State; and
Whereas, the Alfred A. Cunningham Air Museum will be a great source of civic involvement and pride and continue to foster a spirit of cooperation and admiration between North Carolina and our national military services; and
Whereas, the presence of such a national museum as the Alfred A. Cunningham Air Museum will be a visible symbol of the patriotism we each hold dear for our armed services; and
Whereas, the Alfred A. Cunningham Air Museum will involve not only the citizens of Craven County but the citizens of all of North Carolina and the United States of America; Now, therefore, 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the A. A. Cunningham Air Museum Foundation, Inc., $1,000,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year and $2,000,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year for capital improvements to the regionally famous and nationally important marine and aviation museum.  These public funds shall be matched on a three-to-one, private-to-public basis.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.