NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1294
HOUSE BILL 1649

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO PROVIDE NON‑SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RESIDENT NORTH CAROLINA INDIANS.

Whereas, the Indians of North Carolina, although constituting a small minority of the total population have made valuable cultural and economic contributions to the State; and
Whereas, additional opportunity for higher education provides a stronger base for further cultural and economic contributions and a better quality of life for all North Carolina citizens; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the fiscal year 1982‑83, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the purpose of providing non‑service scholarships at the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina for needy resident North Carolina Indians under rules and regulations which shall be adopted by the Board.
Sec. 2. The Board of Governors may seek the advice of the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs and the Western Tribal Council of the Cherokee Indians in the determination of the eligibility of the applicants.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1982.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.