A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to designate the graveyard of the atlantic museum as a member of state history museums division in the department of cultural resources.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Article 1 of Chapter 121 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 121‑7.4.  Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
The Department of Cultural Resources shall assume from the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, the administration of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island and shall designate it as a member of the State History Museums Division, in accordance with the feasibility study conducted by the Department."
SECTION 1.(b)  This section becomes effective only if the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum transfers and conveys to the State all its assets.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to assume administration of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum and designate it as a member of the State History Museums Division.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.