GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 700

Short Title:  Alcoholism Research Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Alexander; Adams, W. Brown, Church, Crawford, Culpepper, Cunningham, Easterling, Fox, Hill, Hunt, Hurley, Redwine, Rogers, Tolson, and Wainwright.

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Referred to:  Appropriations - Subcommittee on Human Resources.

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March 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Alcoholism Research Authority established by G.S. 122C-431(a) and authorized to receive funds by G.S. 122C-432 the sum of two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year, for the Authority's funding of research into the causes and effects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the training of alcohol research personnel.  Of these funds, no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) each fiscal year shall be used for administrative costs, including costs involved in necessary meetings of the Authority's board.  All remaining funds shall be used for grants.
(b)	G.S. 122C-432 reads as rewritten: 
"§ 122C-432.  Authorized to receive and spend funds.
The Authority may receive funds from State, federal, private, or other sources.  These funds shall be held separately and designated as the 'Alcoholism Research Fund'.  The Authority shall spend the Fund on research as to the causes and effects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the training of alcohol research personnel.  Expenditures for the purposes specified in this section shall be made as grants to nonprofit corporations, organizations, agencies, or institutions engaging in such research or training.  The Authority may also pay necessary administrative expenses from the Fund, including expenses incurred in holding the necessary meetings of the Authority's board."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.