North Carolina SB 367: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Funds.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
S 1
SENATE BILL 367*

Short Title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Funds. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Brown; and Atwater.
Referred to: Appropriations/Base Budget.
March 3, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ONSLOW VIETNAM VETERANS 2
MEMORIAL. 3
Whereas, thousands of men and women have proudly served in the United 4
States Marine Corps; and 5
Whereas, many of these men and women have trained at Camp Lejeune and 6
Marine Corps Air Station New River in Onslow County; and 7
Whereas, the locations of these training facilities have been beneficial to 8
Onslow County and the surrounding areas, generating millions of dollars for the 9
community and attracting new residents and businesses; and 10
Whereas, there is strong community support in Onslow County in 11
establishing the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial; and 12
Whereas, plans have been made to locate the Onslow Vietnam Veterans 13
Memorial with the Beirut Memorial in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens at Camp 14
Lejeune, North Carolina; and 15
Whereas, the present Beirut Memorial draws an average of 4,000 visitors per 16
year and generates more than $400,000 into the local economy; and 17
Whereas, the addition of the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial would 18
increase visitors by 2,500 per year with a $250,000 increase in tourism spending; and 19
Whereas, the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial will feature the names of 20
the 58,229 men and women who died in the Vietnam War while serving in the armed 21
forces; and 22
Whereas, the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial will provide a place of 23
solitude for visitors to remember their loved ones and for Marines to remember those 24
gone before them; Now, therefore, 25
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 26
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Onslow 27
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, the sum of one 28
million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year to 29

General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2005
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assist with the construction of a memorial to honor the men and women who have 1
served during the Vietnam era in the armed forces of the United States. 2
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2005. 3