A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services FOR OBESITY PREVENTION INITIATIVES.
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 Public Health, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year, and the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to create a national model for obesity prevention at the local community level. Funds shall be used to provide community grants working through local health departments to support community‑based strategies for obesity prevention.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.