A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to construct a residential facility at the prairie ridge facility ecostation for wildlife and learning.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Friends of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of two million forty‑seven thousand two hundred forty‑one dollars ($2,047,241) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to complete Phase II of the Environmental Education Center at Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife and Learning.  The new residential facility, which will also contain classroom and meeting space, will enable schools and other groups from across the State to participate in the Museum of Natural Sciences environmental education programs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.