GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 602*

Short Title:  Community Mediation Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand, Ballantine; Dannelly and Purcell.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO COMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of six hundred ninety-seven thousand nine hundred three dollars ($697,903) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of six hundred ninety-seven thousand nine hundred three dollars ($697,903) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year for additional funding for 25 community mediation centers, also known as dispute settlement centers, across the State and for new funding for the Mediation Network of North Carolina.
Section 2.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year shall be allocated for new funding for the Mediation Network of North Carolina.  The remaining funds shall be allocated for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and for the 2000-2001 fiscal year as follows:
(1)	$15,000 for the Alamance County Dispute Resolution Center;
(2)	$18,023 for the Albemarle Dispute Settlement Center;
(3)	$30,000 for the Blue Ridge Dispute Settlement Center;
(4)	$18,000 for the Cabarrus County Mediation Center;
(5)	$33,500 for the Chatham County Dispute Settlement Center;
(6)	$30,000 for the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Dispute Settlement Program;
(7)	$29,000 for the Conflict Resolution Center of Catawba, Burke, and Caldwell;
(8)	$10,000 for the Cumberland County Dispute Resolution Center;
(9)	$20,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center of Cape Fear;
(10)	$40,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center of Durham;
(11)	$25,000 for the Dispute Settlement Center of Moore County;
(12)	$10,000 for the Duplin Dispute Settlement Center;
(13)	$15,000 for the Henderson County Dispute Settlement Center;
(14)	$40,000 for The Mediation Center, Asheville;
(15)	$45,000 for the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina;
(16)	$25,000 for the Mediation Center of the Southern Piedmont;
(17)	$20,000 for Mediation Services of Forsyth County;
(18)	$20,000 for Mediation Services of Guilford County;
(19)	$25,000 for Mediation Services of Rockingham County;
(20)	$36,000 for Mediation Services of Wake County;
(21)	$25,000 for Mountain Dispute Settlement Center;
(22)	$30,000 for Orange County Dispute Settlement Center;
(23)	$49,380 for Piedmont Mediation Center;
(24)	$25,000 for the Sandhills Mediation Center; and
(25)	$14,000 for the Transylvania Dispute Settlement Center.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.