A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds for a regional multicultural center to serve the counties of hoke, Robeson, and scotland.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Robeson the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish and operate a Regional Multicultural Center ("Center") to serve the residents of Hoke, Robeson, and Scotland Counties. Robeson County shall administer these funds and shall provide the main office space to the Center as appropriate and available. The Counties of Hoke and Scotland shall provide satellite office space as needed to extend the services of the Center into those counties. The Center shall promote diversity and ethnic and cultural cooperation between all citizens of the area.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.