A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE GRASSROOTS SCIENCE MUSEUMS COLLABORATIVE ADMINISTERED BY THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES TO IMPROVE SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for funding of the Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative, which is administered by the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences and provides a forum to strengthen science and technology centers in the State. Each grassroots science museum shall receive fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in funding and an additional percentage based on the operating budget of the museum. The participating museums of the Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative serve all 100 counties and are located in North Carolina in the cities of Asheville, Aurora, Brevard, Charlotte, Durham, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, Highlands, Huntersville, Lumberton, Morehead, Ocean Isle, Oxford, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Rutherfordton, Statesville, Whiteville, Wilson, Wilmington, and Winston‑Salem.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.