GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 142 Short Title: Funds for Mecklenburg Council of Elders. (Public) Sponsors: Senator Waddell (Primary Sponsor). Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate February 25, 2025 *S142 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE MECKLENBURG COUNC IL OF 2 ELDERS. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5 Budget and Management the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in nonrecurring 6 funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to Mecklenburg Council of Elders, 7 Inc., a nonprofit organization, to support the organization in providing services to residents of 8 Mecklenburg County through seminars and events designed to raise awareness of their rights and 9 options as citizens regardless of their past involvement with the law and to assist with their 10 Juvenile Court Intervention program. 11 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 12