GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 341

 
 
Short Title:	Highlands Nature Center Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Carpenter.	
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.	
March 6, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the department of environment and natural resources to provide funding for the highlands nature center in the town of highlands.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of ninety‑eight thousand dollars ($98,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of ninety‑eight thousand dollars ($98,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to provide funding for the Highlands Nature Center through the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Grassroots Science Museums Program. The Highlands Nature Center, part of the Highlands Biological Station and located in the Town of Highlands, is a member of the Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative and provides educational programs on the natural history of the Southern Appalachian Mountains to residents of and visitors to the eight counties west of Asheville.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.