GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 809

Short Title:  Funds/Study Childhood Hunger.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Cummings; Alexander, Barnes, Bowman, D. Brown, DeVane, Easterling, Fitch, Fussell, Gottovi, Hensley, Hill, Holt, H. Hunter, Kennedy, Luebke, Lutz, Mavretic, Nesbitt, Oldham, Richardson, Spears, Stamey, Wainwright, and Wright.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year to conduct a study of childhood hunger in North Carolina.  The study shall:
(1)	Examine the extent of hunger among children in the State and its counties;
(2)	Examine the availability and use of publicly funded feeding programs; and
(3)	Examine the association between hunger and child health.
The School of Public Health shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before March 1, 1994.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.