NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1299

HOUSE BILL 1661

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MATCHING FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE CAROLINA THEATER IN ROBESON COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the Carolina Theater was the principal theater house for Lumberton from 1928 until the 1970's, embodies the distinctive characteristics of classically designed theaters of the 1920's containing many original architectural elements, and has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places; and

Whereas, the Carolina Civic Center Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, has leased the Carolina Theater from the City of Lumberton for one dollar ($1.00) per year for 20 years, is responsible for its operation and rehabilitation into a community theater, convention center and art gallery, and has demonstrated public support for the Carolina Theater by raising sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) from local private donations and fund raisings; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Carolina Civic Center Foundation, Inc. for fiscal year 1982-83 the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), to provide matching funds for rehabilitation of the Carolina Theatre in Lumberton, Robeson County. These funds shall not become part of the continuation budget. Any unexpended funds at the end of the 1982-83 fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

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