NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1198

HOUSE BILL 1587

 

 

AN ACT TO GIVE COUNTIES GREATER ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED STATE ACTIONS ON SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 108-54 is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the beginning of the section:

"Before February 15 of each year, the Secretary of Human Resources shall, as best can be determined, notify the director of social services of each county of the amount of State and federal monies available to that county for programs of public assistance, as well as the percentage of county participation expected to be required for the budget for the succeeding fiscal year. In odd-numbered years, in making such notification, the Secretary of Human Resources shall notify the counties of any changes in funding levels, formulas or programs relating to public assistance proposed by the Governor to the General Assembly in the proposed budget and budget report submitted under the Executive Budget Act. This paragraph shall not be construed to in any way restrict the right of the General Assembly to amend such budget."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1980.