NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 846

SENATE BILL 393

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER AT THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE.

 

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina recognizes its responsibilities for the economic well-being of its people; and

WHEREAS, the future economic well-being of North Carolina citizens will relate directly to benefits from the economic and technical developments in North Carolina resulting from advances in the space and related sciences; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina recognizes that its ability to make this contribution rests primarily on the collective strength of its universities and colleges, the industrial and research communities, and the determination of its people to strive continually for a better and more enriched life; and

WHEREAS, the fruits of research in space technology will apply in the communications field, in the building field, in textiles, in the chemical field, in food processing, and in other industries that can be attracted to North Carolina or will be inclined to expand in a State which offers such research climate: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby created the "North Carolina Space and Technology Research Center" at the Research Triangle.

Sec. 2.  The activities of the North Carolina Space and Technology Research Center will be administered by the North Carolina Board of Space and Technology.

Sec. 3.  Appropriations from the General Fund of the State for the construction of facilities and for operations of the North Carolina Space and Technology Research Center are hereby made for the two (2) fiscal years ending June 30, 1964 and June 30, 1965, respectively, according to the following schedule:

                                                                                                           1963-64                    1964-65

(a) Building Construction and Equipment                                     $ 300,000                  $

(b) Personnel and Related Costs of Administration

and Research                                                                           100,000                   100,000

(c) Contractual Services for Research                                            600,000                   600,000

(d) Grant-in- Aid to Research Triangle Institute

for Equipment Purchases                                                          300,000

                                                                                        ___________          __________

General Fund Appropriation                                                     $1,300,000                 $700,000

Sec. 4.  The North Carolina Space and Technology Research Center is authorized and empowered to accept funds from private sources and from governmental and institutional agencies to be used for construction, operation and maintenance of the Center.

Sec. 5.  The North Carolina Space and Technology Research Center is subject to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 143, of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1963.