GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1030*

Short Title:  Erwin Textile Museum Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Marshall.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 4, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE CREATION OF A TEXTILE MUSEUM IN THE TOWN OF ERWIN IN HARNETT COUNTY.
Whereas, the Town of Erwin in Harnett County has been designated as the denim capital of the world by virtue of two large plants located in the town which manufacture approximately 1,000,000 linear yards of denim per year; and
Whereas, denim produced in the Town of Erwin is currently sold in manufactured products in every country of the world; and
Whereas, the production of cotton used in the manufacturing of denim is of historical significance to the Town of Erwin and related areas of Harnett County; and
Whereas, the Town of Erwin (formerly the Town of Duke) developed from the creation of a company-owned mill town into an independent small town; and
Whereas, the creation of a textile museum in the Town of Erwin will enhance tourism in the area; and
Whereas, the textile museum will include cotton culture demonstrations, cotton processing from yarn into finished products from the 1800s to present day, a replica of a company store, and a collection of historical equipment used in cotton ginning, carding, weaving, looming, and other production; and
Whereas, the textile museum will encourage tourism to other local attractions including the General William C. Lee Museum of Dunn which memorializes the father of the United States Airborne, the two local Civil War battlegrounds of Averasboro and Bentonville, the contemporary textile milling tours currently offered in the Town of Erwin, and the nearby campus of Campbell University at Buies Creek; and
Whereas, the creation of a new local attraction will further enhance the local economies through the creation of jobs and collaborative revenues based upon the Town of Erwin's close proximity to tourist travel along I-95 and I-40; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Town of Erwin in Harnett County the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year for the creation of a textile museum in the Town of Erwin, provided these funds are matched on the basis of one dollar ($1.00) of non-State funds for every one dollar ($1.00) of State funds.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.