GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1422

Short Title:  Agric./Rural Life Project Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Speed; and Albertson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE AGRICULTURE/RURAL LIFE OUTREACH PROJECT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of two hundred fifty-nine thousand dollars ($259,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the Agriculture/Rural Life Outreach Project.  The purposes of the project are to offer supplementary education to public and private audiences about our national, regional, State, and local agricultural heritage and to raise the level of awareness of the critical role agriculture heritage plays in local contemporary society.  Programs offered by the Project may include (i) visually based and entertaining presentations made available to elementary schools and middle schools on the effects of farmers and agriculture production in North Carolina and the United States, (ii) videos, slides, and charts made available to high schools on the social, economic, and political impact of agriculture on our past, present, and future, (iii) lectures offered for community college classes on the social, economic, and political influence of farm and rural life on the local community, (iv) lectures offered to college and university classes on agriculture heritage, politics, economy, and social influences that are designed to demonstrate the role agriculture plays in our local society, gross national product, and position in a global economy, (v) presentations and lectures to public and private organizations, clubs, and youth groups designed primarily to focus on local heritage, and (vi) work as a supplementary factor with historic sites in North Carolina.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.