GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1132

Short Title:  Senior Center Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Perdue.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 18, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SENIOR CENTERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to support existing senior centers that have full-time programs and that have the capacity to meet the Division of Aging Senior Center Operations Service Standard as of July 1, 1998.  The funds may be used for facility maintenance and repair, community outreach, program development, administrative support, and equipment purchases.
The Department shall allocate funds equally among senior centers throughout the State as determined by the Division of Aging.  Expenditures of State funds for senior centers shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of all funds expended for this purpose.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.