GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1489*

Short Title:  Employer Training Funds/ADA.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling; and Barnhill.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYERS FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Whereas, 14% of all North Carolinians have a disability; and
Whereas, 10% of students are disabled; and
Whereas, 30% of employed persons are disabled; and
Whereas, over 60% of disabled people do not work, yet 65% of nonworking disabled persons want to work; and
Whereas, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a powerful tool to enhance employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; and
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is appropriate for the State to make assistance available to employers in understanding the policy, purpose, and requirements of the ADA; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to Tri-County Industries, Inc., the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide seminars throughout the State to train employers on the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.