GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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SENATE BILL 682

Short Title:      Funds for Charlotte Nature Museum.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Salvador, Bradley, and Waddell (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate

March 26, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to the discovery place for CAPITAL projects at its CHARLOTTE nature museum.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Discovery Place, Inc., to be used as follows:

(1)        One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to be used at The Charlotte Nature Museum for the completion of sidewalks, parking lots, and electric vehicle charging stations located throughout the property.

(2)        Five million dollars ($5,000,000) to be used for the completion of the Tree Canopy Walk project, including the construction of the walk, safety features, accessibility improvements, and interpretive educational exhibits at The Charlotte Nature Museum.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.