GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 452

Short Title:  Century of NC Women Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; Sherrill, Walend (Primary Sponsors), Adams, Alexander, Baddour, Barefoot, Cansler, Easterling, Gibson, Jarrell, Jeffus, Mosley, Redwine, Smith, and Wright.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HONORING AND RECOGNIZING A CENTURY OF GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP BY NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.(a)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Secretary of State the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to update and reprint the directory of women in the North Carolina General Assembly, in partnership with the Western Carolina Women's Coalition and the North Carolina Council for Women.
Section 1.(b)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year for the North Carolina Council for Women to fund "A Century of Women"statewide celebrations and to strengthen resources and support of women's organizations and coalitions.
Section 1.(c)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Western Carolina Women's Coalition, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to support expansion of the regional network in the 25 westernmost counties among women and women's organizations aimed at fostering communication and collaboration and building capacity for economic self-sufficiency, leadership, and service and to support a major Women's Conference and Women's Equality Day event which the coalition has sponsored since 1989.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.