GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 960
Corrected Copy 4/17/97

Short Title:  Visiting Artists Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Mosley, Baddour (Cosponsors); Adams, Boyd-McIntyre, R. Hunter, Mercer, and Smith.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 16, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES TO FUND A NEW VISITING ARTISTS PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year to be allocated to the North Carolina Arts Council to fund a new Visiting Artists Program that will place artists in communities throughout the State to build an appreciation for the importance of the arts in community life and to develop the cultural resources of those communities.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.