A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds for the creation of additional family assistance centers to benefit military personnel and their families.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to fund 4 additional family assistance centers to benefit members of the North Carolina National Guard and their families and to benefit members of the armed forces and their families. The centers shall be located across the State and shall provide support for deploying, deployed, and redeployed members of the North Carolina National Guard and armed forces, primarily by providing family assistance, counseling, financial assistance, and help with health care matters. One of the family assistance centers funded by this act shall be located in and serve northwestern North Carolina. As used in this section, the term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard, including their reserve components.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.