GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1850

Short Title:  Western Justice Academy Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives R. Hunter, Church; and Thompson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 30, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR PLANNING, LAND PURCHASE, SITE DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN ESTABLISHING A JUSTICE ACADEMY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, during the 1992-93 fiscal year, 1,676 people from Western North Carolina attended courses presented by the North Carolina Justice Academy; and
Whereas, during that same fiscal year, the North Carolina Justice Academy presented 46 courses in Western North Carolina, 88 courses in the Piedmont, and 220 courses in the eastern part of the State; and
Whereas, establishing a justice academy in Western North Carolina would enhance the training of local law enforcement personnel; and
Whereas, the Western North Carolina Justice Academy would serve as a valuable resource to the Department of Correction and other State law enforcement agencies; and
Whereas, by serving students from Winston-Salem to Charlotte westward, the Western North Carolina Justice Academy would help to eliminate the long distances that students from Western North Carolina have to travel for classes offered in Salemburg; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice the sum of eleven million seven hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($11,775,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for planning, land purchase, site development, and construction costs to establish a justice academy in Western North Carolina.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.