GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 576

Short Title:  NC Council for Women Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Lucas; Albertson, Dannelly, Forrester, Foxx, Gulley, Jordan, Kinnaird, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, Shaw of Cumberland, and Winner.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of three million six hundred forty thousand dollars ($3,640,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of three million six hundred forty thousand dollars ($3,640,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to be used by the North Carolina Council for Women for the prevention of sexual assault and the continuation of sexual assault programs within the State.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$3,540,000 for the 1997-98 fiscal year and $3,540,000 for the 1998-99 fiscal year for existing sexual assault programs and for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
(2)	$100,000 for the 1997-98 fiscal year and $100,000 for the 1998-99 fiscal year for the development of new sexual assault programs.  The North Carolina Council for Women may award grants of up to $60,000 per program.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.