A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to establish a north carolina american indian resource directory to assure that indian tribes and organizations in north carolina are consulted during the development of plans, policies, and programs that affect the citizens of the state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Administration, Commission of Indian Affairs, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the establishment of a North Carolina American Indian Resource Directory. The Directory would be used to facilitate consultation by the State with the Commission and with Indian tribes and organizations in the development of plans, policies, and programs that affect the citizens and communities of the State, including data collection, educational policy, economic development measures, and the appointment of citizens to boards, advisory councils, and planning committees, in an effort to assure that American Indians in this State have input at all levels of State government when public policy is being developed.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.