A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO appropriate funds for exploris, a science museum located in raleigh.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Exploris, a science museum located in Raleigh, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to be used for its operating expenses. 
SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that Exploris shall receive a recurring allocation from funds appropriated to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the Grassroots Science Program in subsequent fiscal years based on the formula used by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to calculate the allocations for funded members of the Grassroots collaborative. 
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.