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