GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2181*

Short Title:  Worker Training Trust Fund.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives G. Wilson; Brown, Chapin, Lineberry, Easterling, and James.
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Referred to:  Commerce.
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May 30, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND FOR THE 1990-91 FISCAL YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) Section 149 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 149.  (a)	There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina the sum of $1,200,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year for a Worker Readjustment Program to provide a statewide program of rapid response to plant closings.  Funds appropriated by this section for the 1989-90 fiscal year but not spent or encumbered by June 30, 1990, shall be reallocated to the North Carolina Department of Economic and Community Development for the 1990-91 fiscal year for a State job training program to be administered through the Job Training Partnership Act system and aimed at the unemployed and the working poor.
(b)	The Employment Security Commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by the first of each month prior to the expenditure of any funds appropriated by this section.  The report required by this subsection may be included in any other report that the Employment Security Commission is required to make to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
(c)	The Employment Security Commission shall use supplemental federal funds or other additional funds received by the Employment Security Commission for similar purposes before expending funds appropriated by this section."
(b)	Section 111 of Chapter 500 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 111. (a)	There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina the sum of four million five hundred thirty-seven thousand seven hundred eight dollars ($4,537,708) for the 1989-90 fiscal year and the sum of $5,000,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year for the operation of local offices at the 1986-87 level of service.
(b)	Notwithstanding G.S. 96-5(c), there is appropriated from the Special Employment Security Administration Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year and the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 1990-91 fiscal year for administration of the Veterans Employment Program, Employment Services Program, and Unemployment Insurance Program.
(c)	Beginning October 1, 1989, the Employment Security Commission shall report to the Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by the first of each month, prior to the expenditure of any funds appropriated by this section.  Supplemental federal funds or other additional funds received by the Employment Security Commission for similar purposes shall be expended prior to the expenditure of funds appropriated by this section."
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 96-5(f), there is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the following agencies the following sums for the 1990-91 fiscal year for the following purposes:
(1)	The sum of $2,000,000, less the sum reallocated in subsection (a) of this section, to the North Carolina Department of Economic and Community Development for a State job training program to be administered through the Job Training Partnership Act system aimed at the unemployed and the working poor.
(2)	The sum of $250,000 to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to establish five new Tech Prep programs in the public schools.
(3)	The sum of $500,000 to the North Carolina Department of Labor for customized training of the hard-core unemployed for specific jobs needed by employers through the Department's Pre-Apprenticeship Division.
(4)	The sum of $2,000,000 to the North Carolina Department of Human Resources to assist welfare recipients in gaining employment through the federally funded Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program in such a way as to gain the maximum match of federal funds for the State dollars appropriated.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.