A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for marketing and promotion of the proposed music theater and entertainment district in halifax county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year for marketing and promotion of a music theater and entertainment district proposed for North Carolina's northeast region, specifically in Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$800,000 to the Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development for marketing and promotion of the music theater and entertainment district.
(2)	$200,000 to the Halifax County Tourism Development Authority for marketing and promotion of the music theater and entertainment district.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.