NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 960

HOUSE BILL 532

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1977-1979 TO ESTABLISH AND FUND THE DIVISION FOR AGING.

 

Whereas, there are more than 700,000 senior citizens of North Carolina; and

Whereas, many of these senior citizens are in need of the attention of the State; and

Whereas, it is the intent of the Governor and the General Assembly to afford senior citizens such care, services, and assistance as they may require; and

Whereas, it is the intent of the Governor and the General Assembly to provide such care, services, and assistance through the Division for Aging of the Department of Human Resources; and

Whereas, the financial resources needed to meet initial and current expenses of the Division for Aging exceed those presently available and budgeted to the Department of Human Resources; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the State to the Department of Human Resources, in addition to all other appropriations, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in fiscal year 1977-1978 and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in fiscal year 1978-1979 for the purpose of establishing and funding the Division for Aging.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.