A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the north carolina golf marketing alliance.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Golf Marketing Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be used for a golf banding promotion inside and outside North Carolina.  These funds shall be used to:
(1)	Develop a specific, compelling brand message for North Carolina golf that would distinguish North Carolina from other states.
(2)	Incorporate a new North Carolina golf Web site with a comprehensive North Carolina golf database.
(3)	Target golf advertising in national and regional golf publications.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.