GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-202

SENATE BILL 1122

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO REDUCE CERTAIN COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR AREA MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 122C-115(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, Counties counties shall not reduce county appropriations and expenditures for current operations and ongoing programs and services of area authorities because of the availability of State-allocated funds, fees, capitation amounts, or fund balance to the area authority. Counties may reduce county appropriations by the amount previously appropriated by the county for one-time, nonrecurring special needs of the area authority."

Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of June, 1999.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

s/   James B. Black

Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

Approved 1:20 p.m. this 21st day of June, 1999