A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the Board of Governors of the university of north carolina for north carolina state university to use to expand the laboratory space, development, and scope of the vernon g. james research and extension center and to fund research and support additional staff positions at the center.
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 to be allocated to North Carolina State University the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to be used to expand the laboratory space, fund research, and expand the development and scope of the Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center and also to support additional staff positions at the Center.  The Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center is a research facility located near Plymouth, North Carolina.  The Center is used for plant biotechnology and biofuels research and is also a key asset for marketing Northeastern North Carolina to biotechnology companies interested in research on, and the development of, GMO crops.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.