GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1867

Short Title:  Extend Child Fatality Task Force.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling, Luebke (Co-sponsors); Colton, Gottovi, Hensley, Jeffus, and Mosley.
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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 EXTEND THE NORTH CAROLINA CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-577(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The Task Force shall provide updated reports to the Governor and General Assembly within the first week of the convening of the 1993 General Assembly, within the first week of the convening of the 1994 Regular Session of the 1993 General Assembly, within the first week of the convening of the 1995 General Assembly, and within the first week of the convening of the 1996 Regular Session of the 1995 General Assembly. The Task Force shall provide a final report to the Governor and General Assembly within the first week of the convening of the 1997 General Assembly. The final report shall include final conclusions and recommendations for each of the Task Force's duties, as well as any other recommendations for changes to any law, rule, and policy that it has determined will promote the safety and well-being of children. Any recommendations of changes to law, rule, or policy shall be accompanied by specific legislative or policy proposals and detailed fiscal notes setting forth the costs to the State."
Sec. 2.  Section 285(e) of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section become effective February 1, 1997.  The rest of this section is effective upon ratification of this act."
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to continue the operations of the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.