GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 1060

Short Title:  N.C. Foreign Lang. Center Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Tally.
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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.
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May 6, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER.
Whereas, the North Carolina Foreign Language Center has been housed at the Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center in Fayetteville since 1976; and
Whereas, the North Carolina Foreign Language Center provides a statewide public library service to North Carolina citizens whose first language is one other than English; and
Whereas, these services have been funded through federal and local funds; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 125 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"ARTICLE 4.
"North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund.
"§ 125-20.  Short title.
This Article shall be cited as the 'North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund'.
"§ 125-21.  Declaration of policy and statement of purpose; establishment of fund.
It is declared the policy of the State to promote public library-type services to residents of the State whose first language is one other than English through the North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund.  There is established within the Division of State Library, Department of Cultural Resources, the North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund, to be administered by the North Carolina Foreign Language Center of the Cumberland County Public Library pursuant to this Article and to rules adopted by the Department.
"§ 125-22.  Definitions.
In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply:
(1)	'North Carolina Foreign Language Center' means the North Carolina Foreign Language Center housed in the Cumberland County Public Library in Fayetteville.
(2)	'North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund' means the Fund established by G.S. 125-21 and funded by appropriations by the General Assembly for the North Carolina Foreign Language Center.
(3)	' Division of State Library' means the North Carolina Division of State Library, Department of Cultural Resources.
(4)	' Library materials' means books, magazines, pamphlets, audio, visual, electronic and/or computer media, maps, newspapers, or other standard items included in general library collections.
"§ 125-23.  Use of funds.
The Cumberland County Public Library shall file a plan for use of these funds with the Division of State Library prior to the start of each fiscal year.  Funds shall be used only to pay the salaries of, purchase library materials for, or pay the operating expenses of the North Carolina Foreign Language Center.  The Cumberland County Public Library shall provide direct fiscal oversight and an annual audit report of these funds to the Division of State Library.
"§ 125-24.  Rules.
The Department of Cultural Resources shall adopt rules to implement this Article."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of State Library, Department of Human Resources, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.  The Division shall allocate these funds to the Cumberland County Public Library for the North Carolina Foreign Language Center for the North Carolina Foreign Language Center Fund in monthly installments for the 1993-95 fiscal biennium.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.