GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1302

Short Title:  Southport Maritime Museum.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Redwine.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 7, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHALL OPERATE THE SOUTHPORT MARITIME MUSEUM AS A PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM, CONTINGENT ON A DONATION OF THAT MUSEUM TO THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Agriculture shall operate in Southport the Southport Maritime Museum.  The Southport Maritime Museum shall be operated as a "satellite" of the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for operating expenses of the Southport Maritime Museum.
Sec. 3.  This act applies only if Southport Maritime Museum, Inc., grants all of its assets to the State of North Carolina, provided that if any of its assets are grants that are restricted for use only by a private entity, then this act becomes effective only if Southport Maritime Museum enters into an agreement, with the approval of the grantor, to apply those funds for the sole benefit of the museum or establish with those funds an endowment for the sole benefit of the museum.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.