GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 418

Short Title:  Funds/Aid to Public Libraries Fund.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Russell; Buchanan, Culp, Dockham, Gardner, Hurley, Redwine, Sutton, and Thompson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 9, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES FUND.
Whereas, the General Assembly has declared a policy recognizing that the availability of adequate, modern library services and facilities is in the general interest of the people of North Carolina and a proper concern of the State and of local governments; and
Whereas, it is the stated purpose of the General Assembly to annually appropriate funds to the Aid to Public Libraries Fund for promoting, aiding, and equalizing public library service in North Carolina; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of State Library, Department of Cultural Resources, the sum of eighteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($18,500,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of eighteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($18,500,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the Aid to Public Libraries Fund.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.