A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE funds for the biofuels center of north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Biofuels Center of North Carolina, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of seven million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($7,250,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year. These funds shall be used for activities related to implementing North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Biofuels Leadership, developed under S.L. 2006‑206 to make North Carolina more energy independent and to develop a new industry sector statewide.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$5,000,000 in recurring funds to fund the Center's administration, activities, grants program, and partnership programs with federal and other agencies.
(2)	$2,000,000 for the acceleration of core initial facilities, including trial growing, greenhouses, company research, and pilot scale production on the campus of the Biofuels Center.
(3)	$250,000 to implement the Military Fuels and Land Demonstration Project, a partnership with North Carolina's Eastern Region, the North Carolina Military Foundation, and the State's military bases to grow and produce biofuels for mutual agricultural, economic, and land‑use benefit.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.