GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE DRH30350-LH-176A  (03/17)

Short Title:        NCA&T McNair Center Funds.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Jones.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS to the BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF north carolina to be ALLOCATED TO NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL and TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE used to secure land, conduct a FEASIBILITY/market study, and develop a MASTER PLAN for the construction of a state-of-the-art technology research and development building complex to be located AT the McNAIR CENTER and to be known as THE STAR FLEET ACADEMY complex.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) for the 2009-2010 fiscal year to be allocated to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to be used to secure land, to conduct a feasibility/market study, and to develop a master plan for the construction of a state-of-the-art technology research and development building complex known as The Star Fleet Academy Complex.

SECTION 2.  The Star Fleet Academy Complex is predicated on the Star Trek concept subject to the approval of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) of the Star Trek Brand.  CBS has granted to the project organizers, Scientific and Economic Development, Inc., the rights to market and develop a public/private partnership to support the project using the Star Trek Brand.

SECTION 3.  It is estimated that the Star Fleet Academy Complex at the McNair Center will produce more than 1,000 jobs.

SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.