Bill Text: NC H897 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Funds for Child Advocacy Centers

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Ref To Com On Appropriations [H897 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2017-H897-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 897

 

 

Short Title:      Funds for Child Advocacy Centers.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Saine, Malone, Dobson, and Riddell (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Appropriations

April 26, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate additional funds for child advocacy centers.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year for child advocacy centers. The funds shall be allocated as follows:

(1)        Up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each child advocacy center in good standing with Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina, Inc.

(2)        One million dollars ($1,000,000) to Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina, Inc., to establish new child advocacy centers in this State where a child advocacy center is not currently located.

(3)        One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina, Inc., for its operations.

(4)        Any remaining funds shall revert to the General Fund.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2017.