A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for eight ADA positions in prosecutorial district 26 and to continue the youth drug treatment court In district court district 26, and to direct the administrative office of the courts to develop a plan for the continued funding of drug treatment courts that are currently funded by grants from non‑state sources.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of three hundred fifty‑seven thousand four hundred seventy‑two dollars ($357,472) for the 2004-2005 fiscal year to continue funding of eight assistant district attorney positions in the district attorney's office in Prosecutorial District 26 that are currently funded by grants from non‑State sources.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred sixty‑two thousand seven hundred forty‑one dollars ($162,741) for the 2004-2005 fiscal year to continue funding of the youth drug treatment court in District Court District 26 that is currently funded by grants from non‑State sources.
SECTION 3.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall develop a plan for providing State funding to existing drug treatment courts as the grants they are receiving from non‑State sources expire.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall report on this plan to the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety by March 1, 2005.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.