NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1218

SENATE BILL 1021

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES FOR REPAIR OF THE ROOF OF THE CAROLINA THEATRE IN GREENSBORO.

Whereas, the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro is a historic motion picture palace built in 1927 and will be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; and

Whereas, the theatre is of immeasurable value to the citizens of North Carolina for its architectural and historical significance as one of the finest and last remaining motion picture palaces in the State; and

Whereas, the Carolina Theatre is now used and enjoyed by the citizens of North Carolina as a center for the performing arts; and

Whereas, the United Arts Council of Greensboro saved the theatre from demolition in 1977 by raising five hundred sixty thousand dollars ($560,000) in six months from local, private, sector sources; and

Whereas, the poor condition of the roof of the theatre is jeopardizing the strength and integrity of the facility; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, for the 1980-81 fiscal year, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of performing roof repairs to the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, provided an amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is raised from sources other than State funds by the United Arts Council of Greensboro, Inc., in order to match the grant-in-aid on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

Sec. 2.  Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1980.