GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 748

Short Title:  African-American Storytellers Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Shaw of Cumberland; and Lucas.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORYTELLERS.
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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year to assist the African-American Storytellers in providing programs to school-age children throughout the State that encourage reading and promote cultural diversity.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.