A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE LAND LOSS PREVENTION project.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Land Loss Prevention Project, Inc., the sum of forty‑six thousand dollars ($46,000) in recurring funds for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to provide legal representation to financially distressed small farmers and to rural landowners, and to continue expansion of services to underserved tobacco dependent communities.  The Land Loss Prevention Project shall not use these funds to represent farmers who have income and assets that would make them financially ineligible for legal services pursuant to Title 45, Part 1611 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
SECTION 2.  The Land Loss Prevention Project shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division on the use of these funds as required by Section 13.9(a) of S.L. 2005‑276.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.