GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1431

Short Title:  Shakespeare Fest./Discovery Ctr Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Jarrell; and Jeffus.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AND THE FURNITURE DISCOVERY CENTER IN HIGH POINT.
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival was designated by the General Assembly in 1978 as the "State Shakespeare Festival"; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival has received State support through the years through the Department of Cultural Resources; and
Whereas, this continuing support indicates statewide recognition of the importance in maintaining the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival as a first-rank professional theatre; and
Whereas, continuing funding of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival has enabled the Festival to serve more communities on a regular basis, thus attracting larger numbers of tourists to the State and economically benefitting both local governments and the State; and
Whereas, the stability provided by continuing funding has increased corporate support for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival is a unique cultural resource enjoyed by citizens throughout the State; and
Whereas, The Furniture Discovery Center is also a unique facility that provides educational opportunities for a variety of audiences, both statewide and nationwide; and
Whereas, The Furniture Discovery Center is a nonprofit organization educational facility, often described as a "living textbook", that shows through the interaction of exhibits, graphics, and photo murals how furniture is made; and
Whereas, The Furniture Discovery Center also permanently houses the prestigious American Furniture Hall of Fame and Serta's collection of miniature bedrooms as well as the history of the furniture market; and 
Whereas, The Furniture Discovery Center serves to educate the public, private business, students, and educators in a very creative, hands-on environment; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.  These funds shall become a part of future continuation budgets.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to The Furniture Discovery Center, Inc., the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to assist in retiring the capital costs of the Center and to help develop an educational program with needed staff and resources for the Center.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.