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Budget corrections on ferry tolls, eugenics

By Mark Binker

Published: 2012-06-27 11:26:22
Updated: 2012-06-27 11:26:22

Posted: June 27, 2012

Raleigh, N.C. — Senate Bill 187 will serve as this year's budget technical corrections bill. As it passed the House Appropriations Committee this morning, it had two provisions of note:

  • It allows the Department of Administration to keep the North Carolina Sterilization Victims Foundation open for one more year. Lawmakers did not provide compensation for victims of the state's eugenics program in this year's budget. However, keeping the office open could give them another chance to do so next year.
     
  • It delays new or increased tolls for ferries along North Carolina's coast. Those tolls have been controversial, especially in areas where ferries provide the only efficient routes between islands and the main land. 

 

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redlight cameras ought to be banned- when are you people in nc gonna wake up and realise you're losing your freedoms ever day. i dont know of a single politican in nc that champions freedom.
wildpig777
June 28, 2012 9:18 a.m.
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Looks like the Republican legislature looked at the calendar and realized it was election year. Politics as usual, same game, different players.
Bellar1
June 28, 2012 6:53 a.m.
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Got it...thanks.
bpjamesncsu
June 27, 2012 3:18 p.m.
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It's tacked on to that page now as a "PCS" doc. Direct link: http://www.ncleg.net/Applications/BillLookUp/LoadBillDocument.aspx?SessionCode=2011&DocNum=7354&SeqNum=0
mbinker
June 27, 2012 2:58 p.m.
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Do you know if the bill text is available online? When I searched S187, I found the bill outlawing red light cameras.
bpjamesncsu
June 27, 2012 1:06 p.m.
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