A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support the friends of mountain history.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to The Friends of Mountain History, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year to assist museums and heritage organizations with interpretive exhibitions and programs, grants writing, collections care, marketing, facilities improvement, board and staff training, and fund‑raising to promote heritage tourism throughout the 24‑county region of Western North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.