GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-126
HOUSE BILL 659
AN ACT authorizing the joint legislative program evaluation oversight committee to direct the program evaluation division to study existing programs relating to children and youth in north carolina, as recommended by the joint legislative study commission on children and youth.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee shall include in the 2009-2010 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly a study of existing programs that directly or indirectly benefit children and youth in this State. The Division shall identify the programs and their sources of funding and determine whether the programs have clear goals, indicators, or benchmarks by which to measure the programs' success.
SECTION 1.(b) The Program Evaluation Division shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee, the Joint Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth, and the Fiscal Research Division at a date to be determined by the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee.
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 11:35 a.m. this 19th day of June, 2009