GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL DRH30470-LMa-159

Short Title:      Expansion of State Veterans Cemeteries.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Cleveland, Riddell, and Floyd (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the department of military and veterans affairs to apply for federal funds for the expansion of sandhills state veterans cemetery and western carolina state veterans cemetery and to appropriate those funds.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (hereinafter "Department") is authorized to apply for federal funds for the expansion of Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery and Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery to make site improvements at the cemeteries. The Department is authorized to use the fund balance from Budget Code 23050 and any other funds available to the Department for the required ten percent (10%) match for this grant.

SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from 23050 Special Revenue Account the State match funds and the federal funds described in Section 1 of this act for the purpose of the expansion of Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery and Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery to make site improvements at the cemeteries.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2018.