A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the CHARLOTTE hawkins Brown museum aT the PALMER memorial INSTITUTE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year for the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum at the Palmer Memorial Institute State Historic Site. These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$800,000 to provide furnishings for the museum, auditorium, research/resource library and to provide audio and visual equipment for the viewing rooms and interpretive areas.
(2)	$200,000 to hire a professional facilities planner to assess the capacities and capability of campus facilities for a variety of uses, including community and economic development activities, educational outreach centers, and meeting spaces.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.