The governing body of any county may appropriate funds to any privately operated, nonprofit organization approved by the governing body whose services are nonsectarian, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 in any year for the purpose of the planning, construction, acquisition or operation of a center for the performing and visual arts, the location and successful operation of which within such county said governing body deems to be necessary, or conducive, to the improvement and furtherance of the tourist industries and recreational attractiveness of such county, or to the fulfillment of the recreational, entertainment, cultural, and educational needs of the residents of such county.

L.1978, c. 104, s. 1, eff. Aug. 21, 1978.