GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 547
SENATE BILL 1328

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET TO CONTINUE EXPENDITURES FOR THE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT AT THE LEVEL IN EFFECT ON JUNE 30, 1989.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

––-BUDGET CONTINUATION
Section 1.  The Director of the Budget may continue through July 15, 1989, to allocate funds for expenditure for current operations by State departments, institutions and agencies at a level not to exceed the level at which those operations were funded as of June 30, 1989, except as reduced by enactment of Chapter 500, Session Laws of 1989, as reflected in the reports of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the report of the Committee of Conference on Senate Bill 43, 1989 Session.  Nothing in this section repeals any other act passed by the 1989 General Assembly appropriating funds.  To the extent necessary to implement this authorization, funds currently available in the appropriate State funds and in cash balances, federal receipts, and departmental receipts shall be considered appropriated by the General Assembly.
––GASTON/MECKLENBURG PILOT MEDIATION
Sec. 2.  (a) Section 16(b) of Chapter 830, Session Laws of 1987, as amended by Section 2 of Chapter 1036, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Effective from ratification of this act through July 15, 1989, subsection 162(b) of Chapter 761 of the 1983 Session Laws is rewritten to read:
'(b)	This section applies to Mecklenburg and to Gaston Counties only, each of which may establish a pilot program.'"
(b)	Section 16(c) of Chapter 830, Session Laws of 1987, as amended by Section 2 of Chapter 1036, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Effective from ratification of this act through July 15, 1989, subsection 162(d) of Chapter 761 of the 1983 Session Laws is rewritten to read:
'(d)	This section shall be effective in Mecklenburg County only when both parents are residents of Mecklenburg County and in Gaston County only when both parents are residents of Gaston County.'"
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective June 30, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1989.