NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 714

HOUSE BILL 1230

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR DISREGARDING SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABSENT PARENTS UNDER THE AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The caption of G.S. 108-38. as it appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to change it from "Eligibility Requirements" to "Eligibility Requirements; certain contributions to be disregarded."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 108-38 is further amended by inserting "(a)" immediately before the word "Assistance" in the first line thereof.

Sec. 3.  G.S. 108-38 is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows:

"(b)      Subject to the limitation hereafter set out in this subsection, in computing available income and resources under this Part with regard to determining eligibility for a grant of assistance for any one child, or for any two or more children living together in a family group, there shall be disregarded, for any calendar month, the first thirty dollars ($30.00) and one third of the excess over thirty dollars ($30.00) provided by any parent whose absence is one of the reasons for eligibility for his or her children. This subsection shall apply only to the extent that such payments are provided for under a court order or judgment, or contract, providing for such payments, a copy of which is on file with the county department of social services."

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.