| FY 2008-09 PORK SPENDING | ||||
| Agency | Item | FY 2008-09 | R OR NR | Debt Authorized/ Future Obligations |
| Education | ||||
| Public Education | Child obesity pilot program | $500,000 | NR | |
| UNC System | UNC-TV Public Affairs Programs | $200,000 | R | |
| UNC System | North Carolina in the World Project - focusing on improving student' knowledge about the world | $200,000 | NR | |
| UNC System | Funding for electric vehicle research underway at the NCSU Advanced Transportation Energy Center | $250,000 | NR | |
| Community Colleges | Minority Male Mentoring program | $985,000 | NR | |
| Community Colleges | Motorsports Consortium - to help establish a highly trained workforce for the state's motorsports industry | $500,000 | NR | |
| Health and Human Services | ||||
| Division of Public Health | Obesity prevention | $2,000,000 | NR | |
| Division of Public Health | Funds for the Fluoride Mouth Rinse Program | $250,000 | R | |
| Division of Public Health | Tobacco quitline | $500,000 | R | |
| Natural and Economic Resources | ||||
| Marketing | Green Industries Education and Promotion | $500,000 | NR | |
| Marketing | Marketing funds to promote agriculture festivals in small towns with populations less than 5,000 | $50,000 | NR | |
| Reserves and Transfers | Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund - to "prevent the continued loss of our State's farmlands" | $4,000,000 | NR | |
| Veterinary Services | Funds for a new incinerator at Rollins Lab and two freezers for the regional lab system | $525,000 | NR | |
| Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance | Environmental Stewardship Initiative | $276,624 | R | |
| Marine Fisheries | Oyster sanctuary Program | $2,000,000 | R | |
| Commerce | Building and Sites website redesign | $100,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | International Trade Office - China | $175,000 | R | |
| Commerce | Funds for the Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development | $300,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | Marketing and tourism for the CIAA basketball tournament in Charlotte | $500,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | One North Carolina Fund - corporate welfare | $5,000,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | One North Carolina Small Business - corporate welfare | $3,500,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | Green Business Fund - corporate welfare | $1,000,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | High Point International Home furnishings Market Authority Corporation | $866,250 | R | |
| $600,000 | NR | |||
| Commerce | Coalition of Farm and Rural Families | $158,943 | NR | |
| Commerce | Johnson and Wales University - specializing in the culinary and hospitality industries | $1,500,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | Defense and Security Technology Accelerator - a business incubator focusing on economic development opportunities in industries relating to homeland security and national defense | $1,500,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | Biofuels Center of North Carolina | $5,000,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | e-NC Authority - increasing the availability of internet connectivity in underserved areas of the State | $1,500,000 | NR | |
| Commerce | Industry promotion funds to the Wine and Grape Growers Council to promote wine and grape industry | $800,000 | R | |
| Commerce | Research and development services for the Wine and Grape Growers Council go improve viticultural practices | $100,000 | R | |
| Justice & Public Safety | ||||
| Department-Wide | Funds to assist consumers avoid home foreclosure | $200,000 | R | |
| General Government | ||||
| Cultural Resources | CSS Nuese - a Civil War-era ironclad gunboat | $75,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | International Civil Rights museum - financed by a private nonprofit | $500,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Queen Anne's Revenge archaeology project - attempts to recover artifacts from the 18th century shipwreck | $150,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Museum of Art expansion and renovation costs | $250,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Arts Council basic grants | $175,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | cARTwheels program - providing exposure to professional performing arts for students in public schools | $1,000,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Grassroots arts program | $500,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Horn in the West, an outdoor drama | $25,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | John Coltraine Music Hall | $75,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Panderlea Homestead Museum - preserving the agricultural history of Pender County's depression-era heritage | $25,000 | NR | |
| Cultural Resources | Increase appropriation for North Carolina Symphony | $450,000 | NR | |
| State Budget and Management | Earned Income Tax Credit outreach - free tax preparation associated with the EITC | $150,000 | NR | |
| State Budget and Management | Mattamuskeet Lodge renovations | $6,615,500 | ||
| State Budget and Management | Museum of History Chronology exhibit | $2,600,000 | ||
| State Budget and Management | North Carolina Museum of Forestry | $1,300,000 | ||
| State Budget and Management | Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historic Site | $1,000,000 | ||
| Transportation | ||||
| Rail Division | Grants to short-line railroads (corporate welfare) | $1,000,000 | NR | |
| Highway Trust Fund | Increase funds in administration | $3,627,360 | R | |
| Statewide Reserves | ||||
| Other Reserves | Job Development Investment Grants (JDIG) - corporate welfare | $15,000,000 | R | |
| Capital | ||||
| Department of Administration | State Capital Visitors Center/Plaza/Underground Parking facility planning costs (will require an additional $37.8 million in future costs to complete) | $2,600,000 | NR | |
| Department of Administration | NC Freedom Monument in Raleigh (will require an additional $3 million in future costs to complete) | $450,000 | NR | |
| Department of Commerce | Funds for the Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park | $605,700 | NR | |
| Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Funds for examining the current veterinary lab system | $620,000 | NR | |
| Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Motor fuels/metrology lab | $300,000 | NR | |
| Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | James B. Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh | $900,000 | NR | |
| Department of Environment and Natural Resources | NC Zoo - Africa Pavilion Replacement Planning (will require an additional $24.4 million in future costs to complete) | $600,000 | NR | |
| Special Indebtedness | ||||
| Dept of Cultural Resources | Museum of Art Expansion supplement - increases amount of debt financing for Museum of Art expansion (authorizes $5.1 million in debt) | $5,100,000 | ||
| Dept of Cultural Resources | Phase 1 for a climate controlled building to house the CSS Nuese - a Civil War gunboat ($2.9 million in debt authorized, with $5.8 million in future obligations to complete project) | $8,700,000 | ||
| DENR | Polar bear exhibit renovation and expansion at NC Zoo (authorizes $2.9 million in debt) | $2,900,000 | ||
| DENR | Research Oyster Hatchery at UNC Wilmington (authorizes $4.3 million in debt) | $4,300,000 | ||
| DENR | Land for Tomorrow Parks and Land Conservation (authorizes $50 million in debt | $50,000,000 | ||
| Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Western North Carolina Agriculture Center and Farmer's Market improvements (authorizes $8.1 million in debt) | $8,100,000 | ||
| Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Southeastern North Carolina Agriculture Center Pavilion for equine, livestock and trade show events (authorizes $3.7 million in debt) | $3,700,000 | ||
| Subtotals | $76,130,377 | $82,800,000 | ||
| TOTAL PORK SPENDING, DEBT & FUTURE OBLIGATIONS IN FY 2008-09 BUDGET | $158,930,377 |