GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 663

Short Title:  Domestic Violence Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Perdue; Gunter, Winner of Mecklenburg, Seymour, Cochrane, Jordan, and Tally.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 31, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration, North Carolina Council for Women, the sum of two million one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($2,145,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($2,145,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the prevention of domestic violence and the continuation of domestic violence programs within the State, to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$15,000 for the 1993-94 fiscal year and $15,000 for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be used for a grant-in-aid to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated;
(2)	$1,980,000 for the 1993-94 fiscal year and $1,980,000 for the 1994-95 fiscal year shall be evenly divided and used as grants-in-aid of $30,000 each year of the biennium for the operation of each of the 66 domestic violence programs in operation on January 1, 1993, and providing services, including a 24-hour crisis line, community education, victim advocacy, support services, and other services;
(3)	$150,000 for the 1993-94 fiscal year and $150,000 for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the development of new domestic violence programs.  The North Carolina Council for Women may award grants of up to $30,000.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.