NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1012

HOUSE BILL 901

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE $400,000.00 TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR LOAN TO THE USS NORTH CAROLINA BATTLESHIP COMMISSION FOR DEVELOPING A "SOUND AND LIGHT" PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE BATTLESHIP.

 

WHEREAS, "Sound and Light" technique and equipment have been employed at many of the world's principal landmarks and points of visitor interest, including the Royal Palace at Versailles, the Acropolis at Athens, the Sphinx and at many European forts and castles, and have been eminently successful in creating travel objectives; and

WHEREAS, the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission is presently engaged in negotiations with commercial companies to develop a "Sound and Light" presentation, as a means of depicting the history of the ship and the parts played by North Carolinians in World War II, but such negotiations cannot be completed during the period in which the 1963 General Assembly will be in Session; and

WHEREAS, if a feasible method is devised to utilize "Sound and Light" to dramatize the ship's history, it will be necessary for the Battleship Commission to expend approximately four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) to provide an adequate site and appropriate facilities and equipment at the Battleship Memorial to implement this method of public presentation, which sum will be borrowed by the Commission from funds appropriated for this purpose: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  During the biennium of 1963-65, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) may be made available from the Contingency and Emergency Fund for loan to the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission, subject to approval of the Governor and Council of State, to provide facilities and equipment for a sound and light presentation of historical material relating to the purposes of the Battleship Memorial.

Sec. 2.  The sum, if made available for such use by the Commission prior to June 30, 1965, shall be loaned upon such terms of repayment, not to exceed ten (10) years, as may be agreed upon by the Governor and Council of State.

Sec. 3.  In the event that such loan is made, and at a later date the sound and light presentation is not undertaken by the Commission for that purpose, any funds which may have been allocated for the above purposes shall revert to the general fund.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1963.