A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the blue ridge national heritage area.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, a 25‑county mountain region designated by Congress in 2003 as a National Heritage Area. These funds shall be used for staffing, regional brand market initiatives, and visitor services technology for the new Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.