A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to increase the funding for the grassroots arts and basic grants program 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 one million six hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,640,000) 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)	$640,000 for the Basic Grants Program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.