GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 1171

Short Title:  Blue Ridge Destination Ctr. Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Sherrill, Nesbitt, Ives, Cansler; Brown, Buchanan, Carpenter, Clary, Dedmon, Hiatt, R. Hunter, Justus, Ramsey, Thompson, Weatherly, and G. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 29, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL DESTINATION CENTER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year for the construction of the Blue Ridge Regional Destination Center to be located next to the Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters Building in Buncombe County.  The Center will house a Basic Visitors' Service, a Visitors' Information Gallery, a Visitors' Interpretive Gallery, and a giant screen theatre to maximize tourism development along the Blue Ridge Parkway and in Western North Carolina.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.