GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 293

Short Title:  Hurricane Evacuation Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Basnight.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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Februaary 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOS FOR COASTAL AREA COUNTIES, FOR A SATELLITE WEATHER RECEIVING SYSTEM, AND FOR HURRICANE EMERGENCY EVACUATION ROAD SIGNS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year for the purchase of emergency management radios for coastal area counties currently without adequate emergency radio communication systems.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to begin installation of a satellite weather receiving system to provide weather data to coastal area counties subject to hurricanes.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year for the erection of hurricane emergency evacuation signs for those coastal areas of the State subject to hurricane damage.  The Department of Transportation shall consult with the Division of Emergency Management, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, in determining the design of the signs to be erected. 
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.