GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1603

Short Title:  First Step Farm Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cansler; Nesbitt and Sherrill.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 28, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT FIRST STEP FARM OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to First Step Farm of Western North Carolina, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of four hundred ninety thousand dollars ($490,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to be used by First Step Farm, a residential program for indigent men and women who have substance abuse problems, for capital improvements.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$390,000 for construction of a new dormitory.
(2)	$100,000 for renovation to existing properties.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.