NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1315

SENATE BILL 768

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO REIMBURSE COUNTIES FOR SERVICES NECESSITATED BY THE PRESENCE OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS.

Whereas, the more than 28,000 migrant farm workers in North Carolina are a necessary source of farm labor; and

Whereas, the presence of these migrant farm workers causes an increased need for services on the part of various county and State agencies operating within the counties; and

Whereas, the Department of Commerce maintains statistics and offers services to migrant farm workers through the Employment Security Commission and the Rural Manpower Services Division; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Sampson County Board of Commissioners the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for fiscal year 1982-83 for services provided to migrant farm workers. This money shall be used in Sampson County only.

Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for fiscal year 1982-83 for services provided to migrant farm workers. This money shall be used in Johnston County only.

Sec. 3. These funds shall not become part of the continuation budget. Any unexpended funds at the end of the 1982-83 fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.