GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1122

Short Title:  Area Mental Health/County Appropriations.    	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Moore.

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Referred to:  Health Care.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO REDUCE COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR AREA MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 122C-115(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Counties shall not reduce county appropriations and expenditures for area authorities during the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated because of the availability of State-allocated funds, fees, capitation amounts, or fund balance to the area authority."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.