A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the north carolina arts council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$1,000,000 for each year of the biennium for the Grassroots Arts Program.
(2)	$1,000,000 for each year of the biennium for the General Support Program of the North Carolina Arts Council.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.