A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to increase the funding for the grassroots arts and basic grants/general support grants programs of 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 2006‑2007 fiscal year in recurring funds to be allocated to the North Carolina Arts Council as follows:
(1)	$1,000,000 for the Grassroots Arts Program.
(2)	$1,000,000 for the Basic Grants/General Support grants programs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.