NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1088

HOUSE BILL 741

 

 

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 Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for fiscal year 1981-82 to provide matching funds for rehabilitation of the Carolina Theater, in Lumberton, Robeson County.

Sec. 2. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.