NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 805

SENATE BILL 893

AN ACT TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE MURDOCH CENTER MENTAL RETARDATION TRAINING INSTITUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TRAINING INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.

Whereas, Murdoch Center has heretofore contracted with the Developmental Disabilities Training Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the purpose of training persons to work with the mentally retarded; and

Whereas, it would be in the best interest of the State that the functions heretofore carried out pursuant to such contracts be assigned to the responsibility of the Developmental Disabilities Training Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and

Whereas, funds necessary for the continuation of such training programs should be transferred from Murdoch Center to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The services heretofore furnished by the Developmental Disabilities Training Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Murdoch Center under contract for the training of persons for work with the mentally retarded are hereby transferred to the Developmental Disabilities Training Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sec. 2.  The base budget for Murdoch Center, Code 24095, is decreased by the amount of sixty thousand seven hundred sixty-eight dollars ($60,768). The base budget for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Code 18121, is increased by the amount of sixty thousand seven hundred sixty-eight dollars ($60,768).

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1973.