GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 450

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

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Sponsors: Senators Plyler, Cochrane, Conder, Hobbs, Rand, and Perdue.

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Referred to:  Appropriations

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March 21, 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 as set forth in G.S. 153A-261; 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 as set forth in G.S. 125-7; 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.