GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1602

Short Title:  Farmers' Market Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Sutton, Cummings, and Yongue (Co-sponsors).
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SOUTHEASTERN FARMERS' MARKET AND EQUESTRIAN/AGRICULTURAL CENTER.
Whereas, the 1993 General Assembly appropriated $2,500,000 in Section 4 of Chapter 561 of the 1993 Session Laws to the Department of Agriculture for planning of a Southeastern Farmers' Market and Equestrian/Agricultural Center to be located near Interstate 95 in Robeson County; and
Whereas, Economics Research Associates has produced an evaluation of the market and financial feasibility of such a facility, and has concluded that there is a demand for an expanded multipurpose facility, including a retail farmers' market, a meeting facility, and an equestrian/agricultural center in that region of the State, and recommends that the complex be located in Lumberton; and
Whereas, the study concludes that the complex will have major direct and indirect impact on the economy of the local area; and
Whereas, an additional $10,500,000 will be needed to complete construction and development of the facility; Now, therefore, 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of ten million five hundred thousand dollars ($10,500,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the construction and development of a Southeastern Farmers' Market and Equestrian/Agricultural Center in Robeson County.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.