A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT establishing the bentonville battlefield fund in the DIVISION OF STATE HISTORIC SITES AND CONFORMING THE LAWS GOVERNING THE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUMS FUND, THE TRYON PALACE HISTORIC SITES AND GARDENS FUND, AND SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES TO THE STATE BUDGET ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 1 of Chapter 121 is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 121‑7.5.  Bentonville Battlefield Fund.
(a)	Fund. – The Bentonville Battlefield Fund is hereby created as a special, interest‑bearing, and nonreverting fund in the Division of State Historic Sites. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be credited with interest by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147‑69.2 and G.S. 147‑69.3. The Fund shall be used for operation, interpretation, maintenance, preservation, development, and expansion at Bentonville Battlefield. Funds are hereby annually appropriated for these purposes in accordance with G.S. 143C-1-2.
(b)	Disposition of Fees. – Notwithstanding Chapter 146 of the General Statutes, all receipts derived from the lease, rental, or other disposition of structures or products of the land owned by or under the supervision or control of the Division of Historic Sites in Johnston County shall be credited to the Fund.
(c)	Reports. – The Department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on General Government, and the Fiscal Research Division by September 30 of each year a report on the Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 143B-289.44(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Fund. – The North Carolina Aquariums Fund is hereby created as a special and nonreverting fund. The North Carolina Aquariums Fund shall be used for repair, renovation, expansion, maintenance, educational exhibit construction, and operational expenses at existing aquariums, to pay the debt service and lease payments related to the financing of expansions of aquariums, including other relevant satellite areas, and to match private funds that are raised for these purposes. Funds are hereby annually appropriated for these purposes in accordance with G.S. 143C-1-2."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 121-21.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Fund. – The Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens Fund is hereby created as a special, interest‑bearing, and nonreverting fund in the Division of Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens. The Fund shall be treated as a special trust fund and shall be credited with interest by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147‑69.2 and G.S. 147‑69.3. The Fund shall be used for repair, renovation, expansion, and maintenance at Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens. Funds are hereby annually appropriated for these purposes in accordance with G.S. 143C-1-2."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 20-81.12 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c1)	In accordance with G.S. 143C-1-2, the transfers mandated in this section are appropriations made by law."
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007."