A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish the a+ schools special fund in the DEPARTMENT of cultural resources, the north carolina arts council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143B‑87.2.  A+ Schools Special Fund.
(a)	Fund. – The A+ Schools Special Fund is created as a special interest‑bearing revenue fund in the Department of Cultural Resources, North Carolina Arts Council. The Fund shall consist of all receipts derived from private donations, grant funds, and earned revenue. The revenue in the Fund may be used only for contracted services, conference and meeting expenses, travel, staff salaries, and other administrative costs related to the A+ Schools program. The staff of the North Carolina Arts Council and the Department shall determine how the funds will be used for the purposes of the A+ Schools program.
(b)	Application. – This section applies to the A+ Schools program, which was transferred to the North Carolina Arts Council by Section 9.8 of S.L. 2010‑31.
(c)	Reports. – The Department shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, the Senate Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology, and the Fiscal Research Division by September 30 of each year that includes the source and amount 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.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.