GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1246

Short Title:  Mountain Island Lake Park Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Plyler, Odom; Richardson, Hoyle, Winner of Mecklenburg, Harris, Forrester, Blackmon, Hartsell, Conder, and Daniel.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 21, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE IN GASTON, LINCOLN, AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES AND TO PRESERVE THE LAND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS A REGIONAL STATE PARK OR NATURE PRESERVE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, the sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year for the acquisition of land around Mountain Island Lake located in Gaston, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg Counties and for related expenses, which may include the costs of appraisals and title examinations, in order that these lands may be preserved for future development as a regional State park or nature preserve.  The funds appropriated by this act shall not be used for any development.  The funds appropriated by this act may be expended as matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by Gaston, Lincoln, or Mecklenburg Counties or by municipalities within those counties.  This local matching requirement may be satisfied by providing a combination of funds and land owned or purchased by a county or a municipality for a park, a nature preserve, an open space, or a watershed protection area.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.