GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 939*
     

 
Short Title:	Community Mediation Center Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Nesbitt, Sexton, Haire (Primary Sponsors);  Alexander, Cansler, Clary, Cole, Daughtry, Davis, Easterling, Harrington, Kiser, McLawhorn, McMahan, Mitchell, Morris, Redwine, Sherrill, Tucker, Underhill, Wainwright, Walend, and Womble.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
March 29, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to community mediation centers across the state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of five hundred five thousand four hundred sixty dollars ($505,460) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred five thousand four hundred sixty dollars ($505,460) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for additional funding for 20 community mediation centers, also known as dispute settlement centers, across the State, and additional funding for the Mediation Network of North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year shall be allocated for additional funding for the Mediation Network of North Carolina. The remaining funds shall be allocated for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year as follows:
(1)	$5,000 for the Alamance County Dispute Resolution Center;
(2)	$47,000 for the Albemarle Dispute Settlement Center;
(3)	$25,000 for the Blue Ridge Dispute Settlement Center;
(4)	$97,000 for Carolina Dispute Settlement Services;
(5)	$50,000 for the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Dispute Settlement Program;
(6)	$3,960 for the Chatham County Dispute Settlement Center;
(7)	$38,000 for the Conflict Resolution Center of Catawba, Burke, and Caldwell;
(8)	$10,000 for the Cumberland County Dispute Resolution Center;
(9)	$40,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center of Duplin, Jones, Sampson, and Onslow;
(10)	$15,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center of Moore County;
(11)	$20,000 for Foothills Mediation Center;
(12)	$4,500 for the Henderson County Dispute Settlement Center;
(13)	$30,000 for The Mediation Center, Buncombe County;
(14)	$25,000 for the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina;
(15)	$25,000 for Mediation Services of Guilford County;
(16)	$5,000 for Mediation Services of Rockingham County;
(17)	$25,000 for Mountain Dispute Settlement Center;
(18)	$5,000 for Orange County Dispute Settlement Center;
(19)	$10,000 for Piedmont Mediation Center;
(20)	$10,000 for Transylvania Dispute Settlement Center.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.