NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1316

SENATE BILL 793

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MEMORIAL TO NORTH CAROLINA'S WAR DEAD AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

Whereas, Arlington National Cemetery is this nation's most distinguished memorial to its war dead; and

Whereas, the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington contains awards of the various states in memory of veterans from those states who are interred at Arlington; and

Whereas, 33 states currently display memorial awards at Arlington, but North Carolina is not represented in the Memorial Amphitheater; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Department of Cultural Resources is authorized to proceed with designing an award honoring the war dead of North Carolina interred at Arlington National Cemetery along with the awards of other states.

Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources funds for fiscal year 1982-83 for preparation and completion of the award, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). These funds shall not become part of the continuation budget.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.