GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 148

Short Title:  Park Improvement Plan.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives DeVane, Crawford, Culp, Wilmoth; Bowman, Colton, Cummings, Hackney, Hall, Luebke, G. Miller, and Richardson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 15, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN (PIP) FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Whereas, Section 5 of Article 14 of the State Constitution states that it shall be a proper function of the State of North Carolina to acquire and preserve park, recreational, and scenic areas, and in every other appropriate way to preserve as a part of the common heritage of this State its openlands and places of beauty; and
Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers unique archaeologic, geologic, biologic, scenic, and recreation resources, and that such resources are part of the heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors and descendants; and
Whereas, the General Assembly has directed that the tax dollars of the State should be expended in an efficient manner to assure that the State Parks System is adequate to accomplish these goals; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that the creation of a "Park Improvement Plan" to provide for capital improvement projects at State Parks and Recreation Areas is in keeping with the highest purposes of public policy and in concert with constitutional provisions and State law.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Park Fund established under G.S. 143B-313.3 the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be used for repairs, renovations, and construction at the State parks and recreation areas.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.