NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1061

HOUSE BILL 888

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 108-50, as the same appears in the 1961 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 108-50. Condition of Eligibility. The following conditions of eligibility for assistance under this part are hereby established:

(1)        No child having passed his sixteenth birthday shall be eligible for assistance if such child has the ability and capacity for gainful employment, unless the child is regularly enrolled and attending school or unless no gainful employment is available: Provided that no such child will be eligible for assistance during the summer months unless no gainful employment is available.

(2)        No parent with whom a dependent child is living shall be made the payee of an assistance grant if such parent has the ability and capacity for gainful employment and is not employed (either on a part or full-time basis) unless the parent is needed in the home to provide continuous care for, or supervision over, a child or children in the home, or unless no gainful employment is available.

(3)        Any child or parent required by this Section to engage in gainful employment, but for whom no gainful employment is available, shall be registered with an employment service and shall make reasonable and continuous efforts to find gainful employment. Proof of registration with an employment service shall be provided by the child or parent to the County Welfare Department."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect after July 1, 1963.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of June, 1963.