NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1342

HOUSE BILL 491

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC RADIO.

 

Whereas, the 1979 General Assembly in G.S. 143B-426.12 stated that "it is the policy of the State of North Carolina that at least one public radio signal shall be made available to every resident"; and

Whereas, public radio signals are concentrated in the central sections of North Carolina and millions of residents, especially those in the east and west, are without a public radio signal; and

Whereas, North Carolina has public radio organizations organized to provide services to North Carolinians; and

Whereas, public radio is an inexpensive, effective means of providing education, information, and cultural enrichment to all citizens; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the office of State Budget and Management the sum of one hundred two thousand five hundred dollars ($102,500) for fiscal year 1982-83 to be apportioned among three nonprofit public radio organizations as onetime, nonrecurring grants-in-aid. Of these funds, friends of Public Radio, Inc., (that station proposed for the New Hanover County area) shall receive the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500).

Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($27,500) for the fiscal year 1982-83 to provide one additional Park Chief Ranger and related operating expenses at Carolina Beach State Park. This ranger position will function from this State Park, but the primary responsibility is for the land leased to the State for park purposes by Sunny Point and the other State lands of Fort Fisher area that have been designated for park and recreation purposes. This ranger will coordinate activities, management and supervision with New Hanover County's Park and Recreation Department, Sheriff's Department, Fort Fisher Historic Museum, Marine Science Center, the Nature Conservancy, and the Audubon Society.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.