GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1181

Short Title:  Regional Development Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Warren and Soles.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 20, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING ASSISTANCE RESOURCES INITIATIVE.
Whereas, small communities in Eastern North Carolina have witnessed deterioration in their physical condition and appearance; and
Whereas, those same communities generally lack the resources to plan strategies to alleviate such deterioration; and
Whereas, more than 60 local governments recently returned surveys to East Carolina University's Regional Development Services expressing the need for planning assistance for more than 300 individual physical planning assistance projects; and
Whereas, the various organizations available to assist those communities have too few resources at their disposal to address adequately the needs; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($195,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to be allocated to East Carolina University's Regional Development Services to assist local governments in Eastern North Carolina with needed planning and design services.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.