NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1281

HOUSE BILL 1648

 

 

AN ACT TO DESIGN, PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE PUBLIC FM RADIO NETWORK.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Of the five million eight hundred thirty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars ($5,838,700) appropriated in Section 4 of the fiscal year 1978-79 Current Operations and Capital Improvements Budget Bill, (enacted by Chapter 1136 of the 1977 Session Laws), to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for Expansion of the Educational Television Network, one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), which was originally designated for purchase and installation of antennas, shall be used to design, plan, and insofar as possible implement a statewide public FM radio network.

Sec. 2.  Not later than March 1, 1979, The University of North Carolina General Administration is directed to report to the General Assembly the progress in the construction and operation of the statewide public FM radio network.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.