GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 1093

HOUSE BILL 2656

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY THE THREE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUMS AND THE ISSUE OF CHARGING A FEE FOR ADMISSION TO THOSE MUSEUMS, WITH THOSE FEES BEING USED TO PLAN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND SUPPORT LIVE MARINE MAMMAL PAVILIONS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES AT THOSE AQUARIUMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission shall study and report to the 1989 General Assembly the operation of the three North Carolina Aquariums, and whether an admission fee should be charged, with the fees being used to plan, construct, operate, and support live marine mammal pavilions and rehabilitation facilities at these aquariums.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1988.