A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to Wilson County to retain a consultant firm to conduct a study on the FEASIBILITY of developing a civic center in the county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Wilson County the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year to retain a consultant firm to conduct a study on the feasibility of developing a civic center in Wilson County. The study shall include the following:
(1)	Review of the operation and profitability of similar types of facilities in the country.
(2)	Estimates of the number of visitors, employment, tourist spending, products sold, and taxes collected at such a facility.
(3)	Recommendations for the type of facilities that would be best suited for the county.
(4)	Estimates of the size and cost for such a facility.
(5)	Survey of North Carolina artisans' interests in such a facility.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.