GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1948

Short Title:  Northeastern Regional Commission Funds.  	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Culpepper; Rogers, James, and Edwards (Co-Sponsors).
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 1, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND TO MODIFY ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be allocated to the Northeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission created in G.S. 158-8.2 for the activities of the Commission. These funds shall not revert at the end of each fiscal year.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 158-8.2(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	 
Within the limits of funds available, the Commission may hire and fix the compensation of any personnel necessary to its operations, contract with consultants for any services as it may require, and contract with the State of North Carolina or the federal government, or any agency or department thereof, for any services as may be provided by those agencies.  The Commission may carry out the provisions of any contracts it may enter.
Within the limits of funds available, the Commission may lease, rent, or purchase, or otherwise obtain suitable quarters and office space for its staff, and may lease, rent, or purchase necessary furniture, fixtures, and other equipment."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.