GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1213

Short Title:  Domestic Violence Prevention Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Colton, Easterling, Hackney, Holt, Kennedy, Luebke, J. Preston, Redwine, Smith, Stamey; Esposito, Gardner, and Luebke.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 28, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration, Council for Women, the sum of two million one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($2,145,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($2,145,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the prevention of domestic violence programs within the State to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$15,000 for the 1993-94 fiscal year and $15,000 for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be used for a grant-in-aid to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.;
(2)	Each of the 66 domestic violence programs in operation on January 1, 1993, that offer services including, but not limited to, a 24-hour crisis line, community, education, victim advocacy, and support services shall receive a grant of $30,000 for each fiscal year of the biennium to be used for program operation;
(3)	$150,000 for the 1993-94 fiscal year and $150,000 for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the development of new domestic violence programs.  The Council for Women may award grants up to $30,000 for new program development. 
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.