NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1313
SENATE BILL 376

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A GRANT‑IN‑AID TO HISTORIC CABARRUS, INC., FOR RESTORATION OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

Whereas, Historic Cabarrus, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation responsible for the restoration and adaptive reuse of the old Cabarrus County Courthouse; and
Whereas, the old Cabarrus County Courthouse is one of North Carolina's outstanding examples of the Second Empire style of architecture; and
Whereas, the century old Courthouse in Concord has been listed by the United States Department of the Interior in the National Register of Historic Places; and
Whereas, Historic Cabarrus, Inc., has leased the old Courthouse from Cabarrus County for adaptive reuse as a community arts center; and
Whereas, Historic Cabarrus, Inc., has raised more than one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) in cash contributions and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in donated materials for emergency repairs; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to Historic Cabarrus, Inc., for the 1982‑83 fiscal year the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the interior and exterior restoration and rehabilitation of the old Cabarrus County Courthouse, provided an amount of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) is raised by Historic Cabarrus, Inc., in order to match the grant‑in‑aid on a dollar‑for‑dollar basis. These funds shall not become a 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.