AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ELECTING COUNTIES WILL BE HELD HARMLESS FOR WORK FIRST FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 108A‑27.11(c), Electing Counties shall be held harmless in the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for Work First Family Assistance up to the actual TANF/Work First Family Assistance block grant allocation for fiscal year 2007‑2008.
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Beaufort, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, and Wilson counties only.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2008.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives