GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1519

Short Title:  A.A. Cunningham Air Museum Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Anderson; Hardaway, Lilley, and Wainwright.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 3, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE A.A. CUNNINGHAM AIR MUSEUM FOUNDATION, INC., FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT NATIONAL MARINE CORPS 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 named in honor of this famous Marine aviator was created to build the National Marine Corps Aviation Museum in the City of Havelock in Craven County on 67 acres of United States government property on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point; and
Whereas, it is conservatively estimated that the museum, when completed, will attract at least 500,000 visitors in 1994 and will attract more than 1,000,000 visitors by the year 2000, with an attendant impact of $120,000,000 to $250,000,000 per year on the economies of Havelock, Craven, and Carteret Counties, Eastern North Carolina; and all of this great State; and
Whereas, the National Marine Corps Aviation 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 this national museum will visibly symbolize the patriotism we hold dear for our armed services; and
Whereas, the National Marine Corps Aviation Museum will involve 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., the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 1992-93 fiscal year for construction of the nationally famous and important National Marine Corps Aviation Museum.  These public funds shall be matched on a two-to-one private to public basis.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1992.