NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 473

HOUSE BILL 102

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO COUNTIES FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF ALCOHOLICS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 18A-15(3) is amended by striking therefrom the following: "the State Treasurer" and inserting in lieu thereof: "the county commissioners of the county in which such five cents (5¢) per bottle was collected"; and by striking the words "placed in the general fund and shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly to the same degree as any other moneys deposited in said general fund." and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "spent in the discretion of the county commissioners only for projects for construction, maintenance and operation of facilities for education, research, treatment or rehabilitation of alcoholics. The funds may also be used for programs of education and research on problems of alcoholism and the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics. The county commissioners are hereby empowered to spend the funds for a project not located in the county but which benefits the citizens of the county. The State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Public Instruction are hereby empowered to enact guidelines for the expenditure of such funds by county commissioners and the county commissioners may expend the funds pursuant to those guidelines."

Sec. 2.  This act shall not apply to alcoholic beverages sold in bottles of less than one-half pint in quantity.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1973.