NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1272

HOUSE BILL 1638

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A STUDY OF NORTH CAROLINA'S PARTICIPATION IN A WORLD'S FAIR IN 1982 AT KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

 

Whereas, plans are underway for a two hundred million dollar ($200,000,000) International Exposition in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1982; and

Whereas, the Exposition is planned around an energy theme; and

Whereas, projections indicate that 15 million persons will visit the World's Fair, many of whom might visit North Carolina since our State is so close by; and

Whereas, President Carter has already approved twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for a U.S. pavilion, site preparation of which is to begin this year and construction in 1980; and

Whereas, many persons would be interested to find a pavilion of North Carolina at the World's Fair, to say nothing of the pride that North Carolinians would have in such a pavilion; and

Whereas, such a North Carolina pavilion would not only encourage tourism and economic development of our State, but an energy saving theme would be beneficial to our State; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Services Commission the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the fiscal year 1978-79 to fund a special committee to consider North Carolina's participation in the World's Fair (Expo 82) in Knoxville, Tennessee, and to make recommendations to the 1979 General Assembly concerning the need for and benefits of a pavilion representing the people and products of North Carolina and the best method of displaying the energy saving efforts of our State. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members of the committee from the membership of the House and the Lieutenant Governor shall appoint two members of the committee from the membership of the Senate.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.