GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1292

Short Title:  Historic Sites Programs Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Daniel.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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July 5, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES, HISTORIC SITES SECTION, TO DEVELOP PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN MAINTAINING AND INTERPRETING STATE HISTORIC SITES.
Whereas, the Department of Cultural Resources, Historic Sites Section, owns and operates 23 State historic sites all across North Carolina; and
Whereas, these historic sites provide educational opportunities for school children and adults and provide economic benefits to surrounding communities from tourism dollars spent in these communities; and
Whereas, many of these historic sites need structural repairs, restoration, and exhibit maintenance, and there are 14 deteriorating historic structures not open to the public and four exhibit galleries over 30 years old with artifacts in need of protection; and
Whereas, the North Carolina General Assembly is limited in the amount of funds it can provide to maintain and operate these sites; and
Whereas, a public-private partnership, consisting of volunteers, businesses, educators, foundations, and professionals is needed to generate the resources necessary to continue our historic sites program and its educational opportunities; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources, Historic Sites Section, the sum of fifty-eight thousand eighty-two dollars ($58,082) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of ninety-four thousand eight hundred eight dollars ($94,808) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the establishment of two positions, a resource planner and a development officer, charged with the responsibility of planning for and directing public-private partnerships to help maintain and interpret our State historic sites.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.