A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to complete the applied technology building on the transylvania campus of blue ridge community college.
Whereas, plans have been made to construct the Applied Technology Building on the Transylvania County campus of Blue Ridge Community College to house nursing and mechanic programs and a small business incubator; and
Whereas, the facility will enable area residents to take courses in Transylvania County rather than travel as much as one and one-half hours to take similar courses in other counties; and
Whereas, this facility will provide Transylvania County employers with the opportunity to hire locally trained workers in these vocations; and
Whereas, the Applied Technology Building will cost $2,390,349, of which Transylvania County has committed $1,247,738, State bonds have produced $664,869, and a CDBG Grant has generated $375,000; and
Whereas, additional funds are needed to begin construction of this facility; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one hundred three thousand dollars ($103,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to complete the Applied Technology Building on the Transylvania County campus of Blue Ridge Community College.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.