A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the eastern north carolina regional science center.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Eastern North Carolina Regional Science Center, Inc., an unfunded member of the Grassroots collaborative, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year to be used for the Museum's operating expenses.
SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Eastern North Carolina Regional Science Center 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, 2005.