A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to construct the technical EDUCATION building on the person county campus of piedmont community college.
Whereas, plans have been completed to construct the Technical Education Building on the Person County Campus of Piedmont Community College to locate applied technology programs; and
Whereas, the building will provide local business and industry with skilled employees and provide an opportunity for excellent employment for local citizens; and
Whereas, the estimated cost of construction for the Technical Education Building will be $1,953,950 of which $1,053,950 has been committed from the remainder of State Community College Bond Funds, allocations from  Person County, the Piedmont Community College Foundation, Inc., and local business and industry; and
Whereas, additional funds are required to begin construction of this building for which design work is in hand; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to construct the Technical Education Building on the Person County Campus of Piedmont Community College.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.