GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1134

Short Title:  Shakespeare Festival Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Seymour; Martin of Guilford and Shaw.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 12, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival was designated by the General Assembly in 1978 as the "State Shakespeare Festival"; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival has received State support through the years through the Department of Cultural Resources; and
Whereas, this continuing support indicates statewide recognition of the importance in maintaining the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival as a first-rank professional theatre; and
Whereas, continuing funding of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival has enabled the Festival to serve more communities on a regular basis, thus attracting larger numbers of tourists to the State and economically benefitting both local governments and the State; and
Whereas, the stability provided by continuing funding has increased corporate support for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival is a unique cultural resource enjoyed by citizens throughout the State;  Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.  These funds shall become a part of future continuation budgets.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.