NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 754

SENATE BILL 728

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 108-44 TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF A HEARING OR LITIGATION IF AND WHEN FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS ARE ENACTED REQUIRING SUCH CONTINUATION OF ASSISTANCE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 108-44, as it appears in Chapter 546 of the Session Laws of 1969, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof as follows:

"(g)       If and when Federal laws, or lawful regulations made pursuant to applicable Federal laws are enacted requiring that, as a condition for Federal participation in the costs of public assistance provided for in this Chapter, assistance payments must be continued pending the outcome of a hearing or litigation or informal contact with an assistance recipient, assistance shall be continued in accordance with such Federal laws or regulations."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1969.