NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 462

HOUSE BILL 951

 

 

AN ACT TO DISSOLVE THE CORPORATION OF THE CONFEDERATE WOMAN'S HOME ASSOCIATION.

 

Whereas, the population of the Confederate Women's Home in Fayetteville has declined from 56 to nine residents;

Whereas, the cost of operating the Home has increased to two hundred seven thousand dollars ($207,000) per year;

Whereas, the residents can be given skilled nursing or rest home care equal to that received in the Home;

Whereas, there is some concern as to the physical condition and safety of the existing facilities; and

Whereas, the Secretary of Human Resources and the Board of Directors for the Home have recommended that the General Assembly close the Home and dissolve the Corporation; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 112-1 and G.S. 112-3 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. The Confederate Woman's Home Association, as incorporated under G.S. 112-1, is hereby dissolved.

Sec. 3. The State of North Carolina shall be responsible for the total nonfederal share of the cost of care for residents of the Confederate Women's Home who are placed in domiciliary care facilities or nursing home facilities and who may be eligible for State-County Special Assistance for Adults or Medical Assistance under G.S. Chapter 108A.

Sec. 4. All appropriations by the General Assembly for the fiscal year 1980-81, which are in excess of the amounts needed to pay the cost of care for the residents or to maintain the property shall revert to the General Fund as of July 1, 1981.

Sec. 5. G.S. 143B-173(a)(6) is hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. G.S. 143B-174, as it appears in the 1980 Interim Supplement, is amended by deleting the fifth sentence and by deleting in the seventh sentence in lines 27-28 the semicolon and the phrase following the semicolon:

"and the Board of Directors of the Confederate Women's Home, all of whose appointments expire June 30, 1973".

Sec. 7. The Board of Directors of the Confederate Women's Home is hereby abolished.

Sec. 8. The State of North Carolina shall not accept applications for admission to the Confederate Women's Home after July 1, 1981.

Sec. 9. To the extent necessary for completing the business of the Confederate Woman's Home Association, for disposing of the property of the Association, and for providing for the continued care of the residents, the powers heretofore vested in the Confederate Woman's Home Association and the Board of Directors of the Confederate Women's Home are hereby vested in the Department of Human Resources. The Secretary of Human Resources shall have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules in matters affecting the Confederate Women's Home or its residents from the effective date of this act forward.

Sec. 10. Title to stocks held by the Confederate Woman's Home Association shall be transferred to the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Such transfer shall occur prior to the dissolution of the Corporation.

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and G.S. 112-5, the Board of Directors of the Confederate Women's Home is hereby vested with the authority to dispose of the personal property, furnishings, and paintings in the Confederate Women's Home. Such disposition shall occur prior to the abolition of the Board.

Sec. 12. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1981.