GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 31*

Short Title:  Victims Network Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cooper, Soles; Gunter, Walker, Kerr, Allran, Forrester, Carpenter, Smith, Codington, Blackmon, Shaw, Kaplan, Gulley, Winner of Mecklenburg, Ward, Johnson, Tally, Plexico, Odom, Sherron, Plyler, Marshall, Harris, Martin of Guilford, Speed, Lee, Lucas, Albertson, Perdue, Daniel, Sands, Edwards, Seymour, Ward, Parnell, and Conder.
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Referred to:  Courts.
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February 9, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to support the Victims Assistance Network.
Sec. 2.  The funds appropriated by this act to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for the Victims Assistance Network shall be used by the Victims Assistance Network to perform the following functions under the direction of and as required by the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety:
(1)	Conduct surveys and gather data on crime victims and their needs;
(2)	Act as a clearinghouse for crime victims services;
(3)	Provide an automated crime victims bulletin board for subscribers;
(4)	Coordinate and support the activities of other crime victims advocacy groups;
(5)	Identify training needs of crime victims services providers and criminal justice personnel and coordinate training efforts for those persons; and
(6)	Provide other services as identified by the Governor's Crime Commission or the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.