GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 96

Short Title:  Eastern Convention Ctr/Study.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Jordan.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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January 31, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN EASTERN CONVENTION CENTER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Commerce shall conduct a feasibility study on the construction and operation of a convention center to serve the eastern region of North Carolina.  The study shall include recommendations on the following:
(1)	The necessity for a convention center to serve the eastern region of the State;
(2)	Whether a convention center would significantly contribute to economic development in the region it serves;
(3)	The counties in the eastern region that would be best served by a convention center;
(4)	The county or municipality in which the convention center should be constructed and the reasons therefor;
(5)	The estimated cost to construct and to operate the center annually; and
(6)	The likelihood of obtaining non-State funding for construction and operation and the possible sources of such funding.
Sec. 2.  The Department of Commerce shall report the progress of the feasibility study to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations at its December 1995 meeting, and shall make its final report to the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1996.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year to conduct the study authorized under Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.