A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for funding of the columbus county visitor center from the special registration plate account.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.7(c)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Use of Funds in Special Registration Plate Account. –
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(2)	From the funds remaining in the Special Registration Plate Account after the deductions in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection, there is annually appropriated from the Special Registration Plate Account the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to provide operating assistance for the Visitor Centers:
a.	on U.S. Highway 17 in Camden County, ($75,000);
b.	on U.S. Highway 17 in Brunswick County, ($75,000);
c.	on U.S. Highway 441 in Macon County, ($75,000);
d.	in the Town of Boone, Watauga County, ($75,000);
e.	on U.S. Highway 29 in Caswell County, ($75,000);
f.	on U.S. Highway 70 in Carteret County, ($75,000); 
g.	on U.S. Highway 64 in Tyrrell County, ($75,000), and
h.	at the intersection of U.S. Highway 701 and N.C. 904 in Columbus County, ($75,000)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.