GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-202
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO REDUCE CERTAIN 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) Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, Counties counties shall
not reduce county appropriations and expenditures for current operations and
ongoing programs and services of area authorities because of the
availability of State-allocated funds, fees, capitation amounts, or fund
balance to the area authority. Counties may reduce county appropriations by
the amount previously appropriated by the county for one-time, nonrecurring
special needs of the area authority."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of June, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 1:20 p.m. this 21st day of June, 1999