GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1168

Short Title:  Domestic Violence Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Odom, Plexico; Perdue, Gulley, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Sherron, Rand, Ballance, Plyler, Lucas, Speed, Albertson, Edwards, Dannelly, Conder, Hobbs, Winner, Parnell, Cooper, Soles, and Warren.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 15, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the North Carolina Council for Women for the prevention of domestic violence and the continuation of domestic violence programs within the State.
These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$3,900,000 for existing domestic violence programs and for the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated.  These funds shall be administered in accordance with G.S. 50B-9.
(2)	$100,000 for the development of new domestic violence programs.  The North Carolina Council for Women may award grants of up to $60,000 per program.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.