A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the child care subsidy program, as recommended by the joint legislative study commission on children and youth.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development, the sum of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to be allocated for child care subsidies to reduce the waiting list for those in need of child care services in this State. These funds shall be in addition to the amount appropriated in the continuation budget for child care subsidies.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.