NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 349

HOUSE BILL 458

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 111 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR THE DELETION OF REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC TITLES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The first paragraph of G.S. 111-24 is hereby rewritten so that G.S. 111-24 shall read as follows:

"§ 111-24.  Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government. — The North Carolina State Commission for the Blind is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to cooperate with the appropriate federal department or agency charged with the administration of the Social Security Act in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to qualify for federal aid for assistance to the needy blind and in conformity with the provisions of this Article, including the making of such reports in such form and containing such information as the appropriate federal department or agency may from time to time require, and the compliance with such regulations as the appropriate federal department or agency may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

The North Carolina State Commission for the Blind is hereby further empowered and authorized to receive grants in aid from the United States government for assistance to the blind and grants made for payment of cost of administering the State plan for aid to the blind, and all such grants so received hereunder shall be paid into the State treasury and credited to the account of the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind in carrying out the provisions of the Article."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 111-25 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 111-25.  Acceptance and use of federal aid. — The Commission for the Blind may expend under the provisions of the Executive Budget Act, such grants as shall be made to it for paying the cost of administering this Chapter by the appropriate federal department or agency under the Social Security Act."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of May, 1971.