A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to rehabilitate and retrofit a building at wilson technical community college to green standards.
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 nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to rehabilitate and retrofit a building at Wilson Technical Community College to LEED‑EB (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings) standards. The purposes of this capital project are to:
(1)	Maximize the operational efficiency of the building and minimize the impact that the building makes on the environment and
(2)	Provide hands‑on training and teaching opportunities to the trades and professional workforce in the practical implementation of green construction and design as applies to the retrofitting of older structures.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.