A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the community college system for a motorsports training center as recommended by the Governor's motorsports advisory council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Community Colleges System Office the sum of three million six hundred eighty‑five thousand dollars ($3,685,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to Mitchell Community College for use as start‑up costs for a modern multiuse motorsports specialized training center in Mooresville, which will include classroom space and skills evolution areas. The Training Center space shall be leased to maximize the ability to expand when new space may be required. Of the funds appropriated for equipment, as recommended by the Governor's Motorsports Advisory Council, all equipment should be leased to keep equipment with the most cutting‑edge technology available to the Training Center, with the exception of equipment used in daily operations that would not affect the ability of the Training Center to perform its designated function of training with the latest technology and providing quality training to the available workforce.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that one million one hundred thirty‑five thousand dollars ($1,135,000) in recurring funds be appropriated to cover the annual operating costs of the Training Center, its staff, and overhead.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.