GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 297*

Short Title:  Tourism Study Continued.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Block, Basnight, Guy, and Hunt of Moore.
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Referred to:  Rules.
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February 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CONTINUE THE LRC COMMITTEE ON TOURISM'S GROWTH AND EFFECT.
Whereas, Chapter 873 of the 1987 Session Laws authorized the Legislative Research Commission to study tourism's growth and effect;
Whereas, the Legislative Research Commission established the LRC Committee on Tourism's Growth and Effect;
Whereas, the LRC Committee on Tourism's Growth and Effect began a comprehensive review of the tourism industry and its impact on North Carolina;
Whereas, the LRC Committee on Tourism's Growth and Effect did make significant progress in evaluating the rapid growth of the tourism industry and the substantial effects of that growth on the State, it was unable to examine all of the issues that should be addressed;
Whereas, the LRC Committee on Tourism's Growth and Effect identified many important issues that need further examination;
Whereas, the Legislative Research Commission could continue the comprehensive review of tourism's growth and effect and could fully address these important issues; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to continue to study the issue of the growth of tourism in North Carolina, the impact of this growth on the State, and ways to ensure that all areas of the State benefit from this growth.
Sec. 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report to the 1990 Session of the General Assembly, and shall make a final report to the 1991 Session of the General Assembly.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Research Commission the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year to fund the study described in Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.