NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1287
HOUSE BILL 1727

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR STEVEN'S CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Whereas, the Steven's Center for the Performing Arts will serve as a home-stage for touring North Carolina opera, theater and dance companies; and
Whereas, the Center will be the cornerstone of the downtown Winston- Salem "super block"; and
Whereas, the Center will attract artists and audiences from all over the country to Winston-Salem, thereby making it a national center for the performing arts and greatly increasing North Carolina's tourist industry; and
Whereas, matching funds are available to supplement the development funds of the Center; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for fiscal year 1980-81, which will be available to the Steven's Center for the Performing Arts for the purpose of the development of said Center, provided a like amount is raised by the Steven's Center for the Performing Arts from sources other than State funds.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.