A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to strengthen tourism in north carolina by increasing funds for THEATER PRODUCTIONS.
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 one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be allocated to the Institute for Outdoor Dramas and to be divided equally among the State's existing historical outdoor dramas and Shakespearean festivals.
SECTION 2.  The Department of Cultural Resources shall establish and administer a program by which recurring funds shall be distributed among well‑established theater companies throughout North Carolina.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.