2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 127A - Militia.
§ 127A-138. Local appropriations; unit funds.

§ 127A‑138.  Local appropriations; unit funds.

(a)        Every municipality and county within the State is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate for the benefit of any unit or units of the militia such amounts of public funds from year to year as the governing body of such municipality or county may deem wise, patriotic and expedient; and is further authorized, either alone or in connection with others, to provide heat, electricity, water, telephone service and other costs of operation and maintenance of any armory. Such appropriations may be funded by the levy of property taxes pursuant to G.S. 153A‑149 and 160A‑209 or by the allocation of other revenues whose use is not otherwise restricted by law.

(b)        Any funds donated to any unit or units of the militia by local  governments, civic organizations or private sources, short‑term rental of their armory buildings, or funds earned through vending machine commissions and items of similar nature shall remain at the unit or units to be expended in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary. (1947, c. 1010, s. 8; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 1979, c. 701, s. 1.)