GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 129
Select Committee on Juveniles/Prevention Committee Substitute Adopted 2/24/94

Short Title:  Family Welfare Responsibility.	(Public)
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Referred to: Appropriations. 
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER LONG-TERM CRIME PREVENTION CAN BE EFFECTED BY PROVIDING CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO FAMILIES RECEIVING AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN TO ACT RESPONSIBLY IN RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly may study the issue of whether long-term crime prevention can be effected by providing incentives to families receiving Aid To Families With Dependent Children to act responsibly in raising their children.
The study shall consider:
(1)	The feasibility of providing incentives;
(2)	What type of incentives are appropriate;
(3)	What standards should be used in determining the allocation of incentives; and
(4)	What penalties, if any, should be imposed for failing to comply with the standards.
The General Assembly may direct that these issues be studied by any other legislative study commission studying welfare reform.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.