GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 445*

Short Title:  Poe Health Center Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Miller; and Reeves.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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March 22, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE ALICE AYCOCK POE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION THROUGH THE GRASSROOTS SCIENCE PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to be allocated to the Grassroots Science Program for the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education in the City of Raleigh.  The Poe Center uses innovative teaching methods and technology to educate North Carolinians about health education.  Funding through the Grassroots Science Program will enable the Poe Center to keep admission fees to a minimum and allow for greater numbers of individuals to have access to its programs.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.