GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 927

Short Title:  Funds for Senior Center Coord.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Thompson; Gillespie and Mosley.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 6, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SENIOR CENTERS TO HIRE COORDINATORS OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.
Whereas, volunteers in senior centers and other community programs provide a valuable service to the community and the State; and
Whereas, volunteer services enable community organizations to use limited State, federal, and local funds more efficiently and effectively; and
Whereas, coordinators of volunteer activities substantially increase the efficiency and effectiveness of volunteer services, thereby encouraging increased participation of volunteers in community programs; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated by the Division as grants to senior centers across the State that need volunteer coordinators and do not have other funds to pay for volunteer coordinator services.   Of these funds, not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in each fiscal year may be allocated to each senior center applying for volunteer coordinator funds.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.