A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to lenoir community college for the construction of a new campus in jones county.
Whereas, Lenoir Community College has made plans to construct a new campus in Jones County; and
Whereas, the new Jones County facility will have space for classrooms, a JobLink Center, computer labs, and conference area; and
Whereas, the new facility will provide citizens of Jones County and surrounding areas with better job opportunities by increasing their competitiveness in the job market; and
Whereas, Jones County has committed $250,000 toward the project and Lenoir Community College has committed $1,000,000 and purchased 10 acres of land; and
Whereas, State funds are needed to make these plans come to fruition; 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 one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be allocated to Lenoir Community College for the construction of a new campus in Jones County.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.