A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ERECT PLAQUES, MARKERS, AND MONUMENTS TO IDENTIFY KEY PARTICIPANTS AND LOCATIONS INVOLVED IN THE 1898 WILMINGTON RACE RIOT, TO BE LOCATED IN WILMINGTON AND STATEWIDE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE 1898 WILMINGTON RACE RIOT COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund jointly to the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, and the New Hanover County Branch of the NAACP the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to erect plaques, markers, and monuments to identify key participants and locations involved in the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.