GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1483

Short Title:  Prison Education Start-Up Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Lee.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 28, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR NEW PRISON EDUCATION START-UP COSTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Correction the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year for the purpose of providing start-up funds for prison education programs.  These funds shall be available for public and private prison facilities.  The Secretary of Correction, in consultation with the President of the Community College System, shall determine the appropriate allocation of these education program funds.
Section 2.  The Department of Correction shall report to the Joint Legislative Corrections and Crime Control Oversight Committee by March 1, 1999, on the use of these funds.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.