A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support the 75th anniversary of the blue ridge parkway.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Blue Ridge Parkway 75, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support the Blue Ridge Parkway's 75th anniversary, which will occur in 2010.  The 75th Anniversary of the Parkway will also help address the needs of the Parkway, raise awareness of the benefits of the Parkway to adjacent communities, and advance a new generation of stewards committed to ensuring a strong future for this resource.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.