GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 197*

Short Title:  Tobacco Museum Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Daughtry.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 18, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE TOBACCO FARM LIFE MUSEUM.
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum is located in Kenly, North Carolina, on U.S. Highway 301 in the heart of the State's major tobacco growing and marketing region; and
Whereas, the mission of the Tobacco Farm Life Museum is to preserve the history and cultural heritage of the eastern North Carolina farm family and to interpret and present this legacy to the public; and
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum seeks to fulfill its mission by collecting, researching, documenting, preserving, and exhibiting tangible objects which relate directly to the historic evolution and the social impact of the eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco farm family; and
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, also preserves important information on farm life relating to other significant commodities grown on eastern North Carolina farms, including cotton, corn, soybeans, grains, livestock, poultry, vegetables, and forestry products; and
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum is an educational institution that endeavors to present modern day farm life in addition to the historical development of farm life; and
Whereas, in 1992, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum had more than 11,000 visitors from 47 states and 36 foreign countries; and
Whereas, in 1992, more than 3,000 school students from 12 North Carolina counties visited the Tobacco Farm Life Museum; and
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum has been recognized for its fine work, including receiving a commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for its restoration of the Iredell Brown Farmstead, being named one of the first eight Regional History Site Candidates by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, and serving as a resource for many fledgling museums from across the State, and in other regions; and
Whereas, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum is supported by governmental grants, foundations, corporate contributions, memberships, fund-raising events, admissions, and gift shop sales; and
Whereas, the General Assembly desires to provide funds to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum so that it may continue to serve the many families, school groups, agricultural groups, senior citizens, and interstate travelers who learn and benefit from its programs; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Inc., for fiscal year 1993-94 the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to be used by the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Inc., to fund programs for the preservation of the history and cultural heritage of the eastern North Carolina farm family.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.