GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1765

Short Title:  Coalition 2001 Capital Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Insko; Alexander, Blue, Cansler, Esposito, Goodwin, Hackney, Luebke, Miller, Russell, Sherrill, Sossamon, Wainwright, and Weiss.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of fifteen million seven hundred sixty-nine thousand thirty-one dollars ($15,769,031) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	$3,000,000 for State psychiatric hospital physical plant design related to downsizing State psychiatric hospitals.
(2)	$6,769,031 for capital expenditures for Whitaker School, as follows:
a.	$6,181,807 for construction, including site development, administration unit, education unit, four lodges, and maintenance building.
b.	$185,454 for contingencies.
c.	$401,770 for design fees. 
	These funds replace funds appropriated for this purpose but used for Hurricane Floyd recovery efforts.
(3)	$600,000 for Black Mountain Center Neuro-Behavioral Unit for Brain Injury.
(4)	$5,400,000 for Cherry Hospital Kids Unit.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.