GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 101

Short Title:  Meck. Teen Preg. Prev. Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Lemmond; Alexander and Easterling.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR MECKLENBURG'S "MARYLAND CAMPAIGN FOR OUR CHILDREN", A MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY BY THE YEAR 2000 TO EFFECT SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM CRIME PREVENTION.
Whereas, the relationship  between the increasing incidence of adolescent pregnancy and the increasing incidence of violent crime , which is in increasingly large part related to the inability of families headed by parents who were children themselves when they had children to raise these children to be responsible and productive members of society, is clear; and
Whereas, adolescent pregnancy costs North Carolina's taxpayers approximately $30,000,000 per year; and
Whereas, the "Maryland Campaign For Our Children" is a unified media campaign, designed to reduce adolescent pregnancy by 50% by the year 2000, emphasizes abstinence as part of its crucial message on adolescent pregnancy prevention; and
Whereas, the "Maryland Campaign For Our Children", is a proven success in the areas in which it has been used; and
Whereas, the "Maryland Campaign For Our Children" has been approved by  the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board; and
Whereas, the City of Charlotte had agreed to fund all future costs of the "Maryland Campaign For Our Children"; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Mecklenburg Council on Adolescent Pregnancy the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide funds for the "Maryland Campaign For Our Children", a media campaign on adolescent pregnancy prevention that emphasizes abstinence as part of its crucial message, that is designed to reduce adolescent pregnancy by fifty percent (50%) by the year 2000, and that has been approved as a unified plan by the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board.
These funds shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by local funds.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.