GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1824*

Short Title:  Lenoir Co Arts/Civic Ctr Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Baddour, Russell, and Wainwright (Co-Sponsors).
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 30, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE COMPLETION OF A NEW ARTS CENTER/CIVIC CENTER IN LENOIR COUNTY.
Whereas, Lenoir County is to be the future location of the Global TransPark; and
Whereas, the Community Council for the Arts provides the citizens of the City of Kinston, Lenoir County, and Eastern North Carolina with access to social, cultural, and educational benefits; and
Whereas, great progress has been made in the renovation of a vacant building known as the Midyette Hardware Store located in downtown Kinston into a model Arts Center/Civic Center; and
Whereas, funds are needed to pay for the completion of the new Arts Center/Civic Center; and
Whereas, the local community has already raised one million two hundred thousand dollars for this purpose; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Lenoir County the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to meet obligations toward the completion of a new Arts Center/Civic Center in the Midyette Hardware Store Building.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.