§ 120-32.03. Grants and contributions to legislative commissions and committees.
§120‑32.03. Grants and contributions to legislative commissions andcommittees.
(a) In the constructionof a statute creating, continuing, or modifying a commission or committee whosefunds are appropriated or transferred to the General Assembly or to theLegislative Services Commission for disbursement, unless that constructionwould be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly orrepugnant to the context of the statute, the creation, continuation, ormodification of the commission or committee shall not be construed as a grantof authority to the commission or committee to apply for, receive or acceptgrants, loans, and advances of non‑State funds, or to receive and acceptcontributions from any source, of money, property, labor, or any other thing ofvalue in order for it to conduct its work.
(b) Notwithstanding anyother provision of law, a commission or committee whose funds are appropriatedor transferred to the General Assembly or to the Legislative ServicesCommission for disbursement may, only with specific approval of the LegislativeServices Commission, apply for, receive, or accept grants and contributions,from any source, of money, property, labor, or any other thing of value, to beheld and used for the purposes set forth in the act creating the commission orcommittee. Any thing of value remaining at the termination of the commission orcommittee shall be deposited with the Legislative Services Commission to beemployed for the use of the General Assembly. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c.1100, s. 9.1.)