NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 955

HOUSE BILL 896

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDS FOR RENOVATION OF THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TO MAKE IT SUITABLE AS BOTH A PUBLIC RESIDENCE AND A PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

 

Whereas, Section 4 of Chapter 523 of the Session Laws of 1973 appropriated five hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($575,000) for the purpose of renovation of the Governor's Mansion in accordance with the directions for renovation contained in Chapter 597 of the Session Laws of 1973; and

Whereas, although contemplated by Chapter 597 (Sec. 2(c)), conversion of the third floor area into private family living quarters for the Governor and his family is not feasible at this time; and

Whereas, it has been determined that additional renovation is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the appropriation and Chapter 597 to render the mansion "a safe and comfortable structure in which the Governor may hold public and ceremonial functions and in which, at the same time, the Governor's family may have private areas which will allow ordinary family living without interference from the public" and that a supplemental appropriation is required to perform such additional renovation; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated to the Department of Administration from the General Fund the sum of two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($270,000) for the 1975-1976 fiscal year to be used for renovating, equipping and furnishing the Governor's Mansion located on Blount Street in Raleigh. This appropriation is supplemental to that appropriation for similar purposes contained in Section 4 of Chapter 523 of the Session Laws of 1973 and is to be expended in continuation of the work to be performed under that appropriation.

Sec. 2.  Subsection (c) of Section 2 of Chapter 597 of the Session Laws of 1973 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  Renovations and alterations authorized to be performed under the supplemental appropriation herein granted shall include but not be limited to:

(a)        Additional coat of paint on first and second floors.

(b)        Restoration of foyer and staircase.

(c)        Roof repair and restoration.

(d)        Repair of south porch and supporting basement structural system.

(e)        Exterior painting and repair.

(f)         Repair exterior masonry and masonry joints.

(g)        Waterproofing west wall.

(h)        Refinishing floors on second floor and installation of area rugs.

(i)         Replacement of draperies and cornices on first and second floors.

(j)         Insulation of third floor walls.

(k)        Window repair.

(l)         Bathroom construction.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.