GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 25
AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO G.S. 122-35.53, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO AREA PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 122-35.53 is amended by adding two new subsections to read as follows:
"(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 122-35.53(b), and in addition to the purposes listed in such subsection, the funds allocated by the Department of Human Resources for services for members of the class identified in Willie M., et al. vs. Hunt, et al. (C-C-79-294, Western District) may be used for the purchase, alteration, improvement or rehabilitation of real estate owned or to be owned by a nonprofit corporation and used or to be used as a treatment facility as that term is defined in Chapter 122 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 122-35.53(c), and in addition to the purposes listed in such subsection, the funds allocated by the Department of Human Resources for services for members of the class identified in Willie M., et al. vs. Hunt, et al. (C-C-79-294, Western District) may be used for the purchase, alteration, improvement or rehabilitation of real estate used by area mental health authorities so long as the title to such real estate is vested in the county where the real estate is located or in any other governmental entity created or authorized by North Carolina law. However, should such property cease to be used in accordance with the plan submitted under G.S. 122- 35.53(a), the unamortized portion of funds expended under this subsection for the purchase, alteration, improvement or rehabilitation of real estate shall be returned to the Department in accordance with rules adopted by the Department."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of February, 1983.