A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the department of cultural resources to complete construction of the graveyard of the atlantic museum, a nonprofit corporation, and for improvements and exhibits at the museum and to provide funding for the graveyard of the atlantic museum through the grassroots science program.
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 up to three hundred thirty‑seven thousand five hundred dollars ($337,500) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to match federal funds on a one‑to‑one basis to complete construction of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island and to fund improvements and exhibits at the museum.  This section becomes effective only when the Department of Cultural Resources receives federal funding for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to the Grassroots Science Program for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, a nonprofit corporation.
SECTION 3.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum shall receive a recurring allocation from funds appropriated to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the Grassroots Science Program in subsequent fiscal years based on the formula used by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to calculate the allocations for funded members of the Grassroots Science Collaborative.
SECTION 4.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective only when the Department of Cultural Resources receives federal funding for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2006.