A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to assist with the costs of equipping and operating the Duplin County Events center.
Whereas, Duplin County has made a multimillion dollar investment to build and operate a multipurpose events center designed to stimulate regional economic impact such as the Martin County Center, and the Martin County Center is sustained with ongoing appropriations from the State through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Duplin County for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to assist with the cost of equipping and operating the Duplin County Events Center.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.