GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 430
SENATE BILL 135

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PETROLEUM OVERCHARGE FUNDS AND FUNDS FROM THE WORKER TRAINING TRUST FUND APPROPRIATED FOR THE 1993 FISCAL BIENNIUM SHALL NOT REVERT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. (a)  To the extent that Section 1.1 of this act does not provide sufficient funds, the balance of any recurring or nonrecurring funds appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund to certain State agencies for the 1993-94 fiscal year and for the 1994-95 fiscal year pursuant to Section 306 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws and pursuant to Section 28 of Chapter 769 of the 1993 Session Laws, Regular Session 1994, shall not revert and shall be used by the agencies to which the funds were appropriated for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in Section 306 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws and in Section 28 of Chapter 769 of the 1993 Session Laws, Regular Session 1994, respectively.
(b)	To the extent that Section 1.1 of this act does not provide sufficient funds, the balances of any recurring or nonrecurring funds appropriated from the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds  for the 1993-94 fiscal year and for the 1994-95 fiscal year pursuant to Sections 301 and 302 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws shall not revert and shall be used by the agencies to which the funds were appropriated for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in Sections 301 and 302 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws.
Sec. 1.1.  The Director of the Budget may continue to allocate funds for expenditure for current operations by State departments, institutions, and agencies funded from the Worker Training Trust Fund or from the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds at the level not to exceed the level at which those operations were authorized by the General Assembly as of June 30, 1995.  The Director of the Budget shall not allocate funds for any of the purposes set out in the base budget reductions contained in Chapter 324 of the 1995 Session Laws.
To the extent necessary to implement this authorization, there is appropriated from the Worker Training Trust Fund or from the Special Reserve for Oil Overcharge Funds, as applicable, for the 1995-96 fiscal year, funds necessary to carry out this section.
This appropriation and this authorization to allocate and spend funds shall remain in effect until ratification of House Bill 230, 1995 Regular Session, at which time that act shall become effective and shall govern appropriations and expenditures.  Upon ratification of House Bill 230, 1995 Regular Session, the Director of the Budget shall adjust allocations to give effect to that act from July 1, 1995.
Except as otherwise provided by this act, the limitations and directions for the 1994-95 fiscal year in Chapters 321, 561, 594, and 769 of the 1993 Session Laws that applied to appropriations to particular agencies or for particular purposes apply to the funds appropriated and authorized for expenditure under this section.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective June 30, 1995, and Section 1 of this act expires upon ratification of House Bill 230 by the 1995 General Assembly, Regular Session 1995.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of July, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives