GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1166

Short Title:  Topsail Assembly Bldg Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Codington.
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Referred to:  Capital Expenditures and Improvements.
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May 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF THE TOPSAIL ISLAND ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
Whereas, the Topsail Island Assembly Building is an historic landmark worthy of preservation based on its contributions to the nation's missile program, jet engine development, and the NASA Space Program; and
Whereas, the Assembly Building complex is the most intact installation of its kind on the east coast, and is the largest building of its kind between Wilmington and Jacksonville; and
Whereas, the Assembly Building is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; and
Whereas, the current owners of the Assembly Building plan to demolish the building and divide the property into lots; and
Whereas, the Topsail Island community would like to acquire and rehabilitate the Assembly Building and use it as a community center; and
Whereas, uses for the building include housing a permanent museum for the Historical Society of Topsail Beach, and serving as an educational teaching facility for oceanographic-related programs, as a meeting facility for various local and State organizations, and as a facility for cultural events; and
Whereas, the preserving the building will also enhance tourism and create new jobs in the Topsail Island area; and
Whereas, Topsail Beach Economic Development Council, Inc., needs State funds to acquire and rehabilitate the Assembly  Building; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Topsail Beach Economic Development Council, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year for acquisition and rehabilitation of the Topsail Island Assembly Building, an historic building to be used as a community center.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.