1963/65 session laws – Ch.708 Sec.1
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CHAPTER 708 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 108 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT BY THE STATE TO THE COUNTIES FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE COSTS TO THE COUNTIES FOR CERTAIN WELFARE PAYMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WHICH THE COUNTIES ARE OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW TO INCUR IN MAKING WELFARE PAYMENTS TO OR FOR INDIAN RESIDENTS OF FEDERAL RESERVATIONS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Article 3 of Chapter 108 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately following G. S. 108-72 and immediately preceding G. S. 108-73, to be numbered G. S. 108-72.1 and to read as follows: G. S. 108-72.1. Welfare Payments to Certain Indian Residents; Payments to Counties from State Appropriations. The State Board of Public Welfare is authorized and directed to set apart and reserve out of State welfare appropriations such an amount of funds which shall be found by the State Board of Allotments and Appeal to be sufficient to pay the counties the amount of welfare payments, plus the amount of administrative costs incidental to such payments, which the counties are otherwise required to provide under the provisions of this Chapter for making welfare payments to or for Indian residents of any Federal reservation held in trust by the United States Government for the benefit of Indians. From the funds reserved out of State Welfare appropriations the State Board of Public Welfare shall pay amounts to the counties as the State Board of Allotments and Appeal shall determine are appropriate under the requirements of this Section. Welfare payments and appropriations referred to in this Section mean payments and appropriations for the purpose of Old Age Assistance under G. S. 108-23, Aid to Dependent Children under G. S. 108-52, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled under G. S. 108-73.5, and Medical Assistance for the Aged under G. S. 108-73.21.