Bill Summary for S 457 (2013-2014)

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Mar 26 2013

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
Senate Bill 457 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY IN GOLDSBORO.
Intro. by Pate, D. Davis.

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Amends GS 65-41 to allow the state to accept land for establishing no more than four (was, three) veterans' cemeteries. Appropriates $600,000 for 2013-14 from the General Fund to the Division of Veterans Affairs, Department of Administration, to pay for the environmental, architectural, and engineering costs associated with constructing a State Veterans' Cemetery in Goldsboro. Provides that any unspent and unencumbered funds are to revert to the General Fund three years after the act's effective date if any of the following are true: (1) the state has not received federal grant funds in an amount that, when added to state funds, is sufficient to pay for completion of the cemetery; (2) the land in Wayne County sufficient to build the cemetery has not been conveyed to the state; or (3) any of the funds are not required to complete the cemetery. Requires the state to establish, own, operate, maintain, expand, and improve such a cemetery unless conditions (1) or (2) are true. Effective July 1, 2013.