A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support wnc communities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be allocated to WNC Communities for use in developing and providing programs that encourage, promote, and support agribusiness in Western North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the sum of seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the WNC Communities be included in the continuation budget for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.