GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1685*

Short Title:  Nat'l Guard Ed. Assistance/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Baddour, Holt, Sexton; Bowman, Crawford, Flaherty, Hall, Hensley, Hill, McLawhorn, Mercer, and Morgan.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 26, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT AND NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 127A-193 reads as rewritten:
"§ 127A-193. Benefit.
The benefit provided under this Article shall consist of a monetary educational assistance grant not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per academic year to qualifying members of the North Carolina national guard. Benefits shall be payable for a period of one academic year at a time, renewable at the option of the Secretary for a maximum of four thousand dollars ($4,000)."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of one million eight thousand eight hundred twenty-seven dollars ($1,008,827) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to increase the amount and number of educational assistance benefits for members of the North Carolina National Guard.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.