GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1207*

Short Title:  Arts Center Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives C. Preston, Berry, Brawley, Flaherty, Robinson, and G. Thompson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 28, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER OF CATAWBA VALLEY.
Whereas, the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley is located in the fourth largest metropolitan statistical area in the State; and
Whereas, in 1984 the people of Catawba County raised almost $3,000,000 in private and public funding to renovate an old high school into this Center; and
Whereas, only $40,000 was requested and received from the North Carolina General Assembly for this renovation campaign, representing the only State money received to date for the Center; and
Whereas, the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley is free and open to the public and houses the Hickory Museum of Art, the Catawba Science Center, the offices and rehearsal spaces for the Western Piedmont Symphony, the Hickory Choral Society, and the offices of the Catawba County Council for the Arts; and
Whereas, on an annual basis over 100,000 people go through this facility for educational, cultural, and social purposes; and
Whereas, the outreach programs conducted by the tenants of this Center encompass a regional scope of nine counties with both educational and cultural programs; and
Whereas, funds are needed to enhance the physical facilities of the Center to provide better use of the space available; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to The Arts Center of Catawba Valley, Inc., the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year as matching funds for capital improvements to this regional facility.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.