[CPEO-MEF] North Carolina bills to prevent encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State funds sought for military support

BARRY SMITH
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
May 22,2006


RALEIGH - An effort is under way in the General Assembly to make 
permanent a couple of the programs that came out of efforts to show the 
Department of Defense that North Carolina is a military friendly state.

Bills have been filed in the state House and Senate that would put a $2 
million annual appropriation into the military programs. Half of the 
money would be used for recreational and morale programs for the 
military and their families. The other half would go toward programs to 
help the state's military bases buy up land to prevent development 
encroachment.

"Certainly we want to support military families, boost their morale and 
help them in anyway possible," said Sen. Pete Bland, D-Craven, who 
introduced the bill in the Senate.

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