GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 361
     

 
Short Title:	Lumbee Election Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Sutton; and Yongue.	
Referred to:	Military, Veterans, and Indian Affiars, if favorable, Appropriations.	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to develop and conduct an election on a tribal constitution for the lumbee people.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Government of the Lumbee People, known as the Tribal Council of the Lumbee Nation, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year to develop and conduct an election on a tribal constitution pursuant to the findings made by the Lumbee Self‑Determination Commission established by Superior Court Judge Howard Manning as a result of the civil action, Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians v. Lumbee Regional Development Association.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.