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NC S800

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/16/2012

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Blue

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a compensation program for individuals sterilized or asexualized by North Carolina's Eugenics Board between 1933 and 1974, providing $50,000 to each qualified recipient who was living on March 1, 2010.

  • Creates the Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims within the Department of Administration to assist claimants in determining eligibility and filing claims with the North Carolina Industrial Commission by December 31, 2015.

  • Excludes compensation payments from state and federal income taxation and from consideration in determining eligibility for state or federal public assistance programs.

  • Appropriates $10 million for the Eugenics Sterilization Compensation Fund, $184,000 to the Industrial Commission for claim administration, $654,000 to the Department of Administration for victim services, and $212,000 to the Department of Cultural Resources for scanning and indexing Eugenics Board records.

  • Limits state liability to the compensation authorized by this program and does not revive any expired statutes of limitations for related lawsuits.

Legislative Description

Eugenics Compensation Program

Last Action

Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

5/17/2012

Committee Referrals

Appropriations/Base Budget5/17/2012

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