GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 4

SENATE BILL 10

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE REVERSION OF WILLIE M. FUNDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Effective June 30, 1986, Section 137 of Chapter 1014, Session Laws of 1985 is repealed.

Sec. 2.  Effective July 1, 1985, Section 85(h) of Chapter 479, Session Laws of 1985, reads as rewritten:

"(h) The General Assembly supports the efforts of the responsible officials and agencies of the State to meet the requirements of the court order in Willie M., et. al. vs. Hunt, et. al.  However, in view of the fundings in subsection (g) above, the General Assembly expressly directs that no State funds shall be expended on the placement and services of class members in Willie M., et. al., or for any other thing or purpose arising out of this litigation, now or at any time in the biennium, except for those funds appropriated in Section 2 of this act to the Departments of Human Resources and Public Education for programs serving members of the Willie M. Class identified in Willie M., et. al. vs. Hunt, et. al., and except for such funds as may be elsewhere appropriated by the General Assembly specifically for such purposes.  The above limitation shall not preclude the use of unexpended Willie M. funds from prior fiscal years to cover current or future needs of the Willie M. program subject to approval by the Director of the Budget.  Such expenditures shall not be subject to the requirements of Sections 158 and 161 of this act."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of March, 1987.