A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors to support additional ship time aboard the research vessel cape hatteras for University of north carolina scientists pursuing research and educational needs and to renovate the dock.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to provide additional ship time on the research vessel Cape Hatteras, a national oceanographic facility, for scientists from The University of North Carolina who are conducting research and assisting with other educational needs of The University System. 
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to renovate the dock.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.