GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1732

Short Title:  Rural Tourism Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Jenkins, Dockham, James, H. Hunter, Redwine, Wilmoth; Cromer, R. Hunter, McLawhorn, and  J. Preston.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 26, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be used for the Rural Tourism Development Grant Program.  The Department shall implement this program to provide grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to encourage the development of new tourism projects and activities in rural areas of the State.  Grant funds shall not be allocated for projects or activities eligible to receive funds from the Department's Tourism Promotion Grant Program.  The Secretary shall establish guidelines for eligibility to receive grants under the Rural Tourism Development Grant Program.  No recipient or new tourism project shall receive a total of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of these grant funds for the 1994-95 fiscal year.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.