AN ACT to APPROPRIATE funds FOR THE SMITHVILLE COMMUNITY COALITION for the protection of the historically african american neighborhood known as smithville in the town of cornelius.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2023‑2024 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Smithville CommUNITY Coalition, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, to continue its work to save and protect the historically African American neighborhood known as Smithville in the Town of Cornelius.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2023.