GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 966
HOUSE BILL 2350

AN ACT TO CONFORM THE SOCIAL SERVICES STATUTES WITH THE FEDERAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM AND TO PRESERVE STATE FUNDS.

Whereas, The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS) was established by the federal Family Support Act of 1988, and
Whereas, JOBS is a comprehensive education and training program designed to replace the Work Incentive Program and the Community Work Experience Program and expands opportunities for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children to become independent; and
Whereas, JOBS is effective October 1, 1990; and
Whereas, State funds have been appropriated to begin the implementation of JOBS effective October 1, 1990; and
Whereas, the old programs that JOBS is designed to replace need to be removed from the General Statutes prior to October 1, 1990, to preserve the State funding and to effect the federal legislation;  Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 108A-29 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A-29.  Limitations on eligibility.
(a)	The Social Services Commission shall adopt such administrative rules concerning work requirements as conditions of eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent Children in order to be in compliance with federal regulations, but such rules shall not be more restrictive than the work requirements applicable to the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program provided for in G.S. 108A-30.
(b)	Members of families with dependent children and with aggregate  family income at or below the level required for eligibility for Aid to Families with Dependent Children assistance, regardless of whether or not they have applied for such assistance, shall be given priority in obtaining manpower services including training and public service employment provided by or through State agencies or with funds which are allocated to the State of North Carolina directly or indirectly through prime sponsors or otherwise for the purpose of employment of unemployed persons.
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Sec. 2.  G.S. 108A-30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A-30.  Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program adopted .
(a)	The provisions of Title IV A and Title IV F of the Federal Social Security Act pertaining to the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program for recipients of aid to families with dependent children assistance, and the benefits thereunder, are hereby accepted and adopted.
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Sec. 3.  G.S. 108A-39.2 is repealed.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1990.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 1990.