GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 285

Short Title:  Public Service Memorial.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hasty; and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 21, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A MEMORIAL HONORING CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
Whereas, law enforcement personnel and firefighters provide an invaluable service to the State and their communities; and
Whereas, such public employees and volunteers take upon themselves as part of their public duties the risk of serious or fatal injury; and
Whereas, each year, many public employees and volunteers lose their lives in heroic and ofttimes unheralded efforts to protect the lives of others; and
Whereas, the memory of those public employees and volunteers whose lives are lost in the line of duty should be preserved as a continuing expression of the public's recognition and gratitude; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Services Commission shall establish a continuing memorial in recognition of those public employees and volunteers who have lost their lives in the performance of their public duties.  The memorial shall be in the form of a plaque which shall be placed in the Legislative Building and which shall bear the name of each employee or volunteer so honored by the Commission. The Commission shall accept nominations of honorees annually from any citizen of this State or another state.  The Commission shall honor every nominee individually who is a citizen of this State and who, on or after January 1, 1991, lost his or her life in the performance of duty as a law enforcement employee or as a firefighter.  The memorial shall also bear an inscription dedicating it to the memory of those public employees and volunteers who lost their lives in the performance of duty prior to January 1, 1991.
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Services Commission the sum of $10,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $10,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to implement Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.