GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1026

Short Title:  Blind Supported Employment Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Ledbetter, Martin of Guilford, Martin of Pitt, Carpenter, Blackmon, Speed, Edwards, and Sawyer.

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Referred to:  Appropriations

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May 4, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR BLIND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST SEVERELY DISABLED WITHIN THE DIVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND TO REQUIRE THIS ITEM TO BECOME PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUATION BUDGET.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Services for the Blind, Department of Human Resources, the sum of one million two hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,240,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of one million three hundred two thousand dollars ($1,302,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the Division's cost in implementing statewide the mandatory supported employment section of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., as amended.  These funds shall be used to fund 31 non-State positions in local supported employment programs across North Carolina.  These positions shall be monitored by the staff of the Division for internal control to ensure compliance with the Division policies and rules governing the program.
Sec. 2.  These positions shall become part of the Department of Human Resource's continuation budget.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.