GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1102*

Short Title:  Worker Training Trust Fund.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Walker; and Seymour.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 2, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND FOR THE 1992-93 FISCAL YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 141 of Chapter 689 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 141.  (a)	There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina the sum of $5,459,673 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $5,839,964 for the 1992-93 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 $2,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $2,000,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year for administration of the Veterans Employment Program, Employment Services Program, and Unemployment Insurance Program.
(c)	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.
(d)	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 1991-92 and the 1992-93 fiscal years for the following purposes:
(1)	$3,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $2,400,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the  Department of Economic and Community Development, Division of Employment and Training, for the Employment and Training Grant Program.
(2)	$500,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $1,000,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Department of Labor for customized training of the unemployed and the working poor for specific jobs needed by employers through the Department's Pre-Apprenticeship Division.
(3)	$2,000,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $2,489,036 for the 1992-93 fiscal year 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, provided that the $489,036 in expansion funds for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used for computer equipment for every county participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program.
(4)	$1,250,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and $1,746,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges to continue the Focused Industrial Training Program, provided that the $496,000 in expansion funds for the 1992-93 fiscal year shall be used to increase the annual funding for the 31 existing FIT centers from an average of $74,000 to an average of $90,000.
(5)	$300,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year jointly to the Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Community Colleges for a program of training in entrepreneurial skills to be operated by North Carolina REAL Enterprises.
(6)	$225,000 for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the North Carolina Occupational Information Coordinating Committee to develop and operate an interagency system to track former participants in State education and training programs."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 1992.