A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to EACH regional council of government in the state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce the sum of one million nine hundred four thousand dollars ($1,904,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to the regional councils of government in the State. Each regional council of government shall be allocated up to one hundred twelve thousand dollars ($112,000), which shall be used to assist local governments in grant applications, economic development, community development, support of local industrial development activities, infrastructure and water resource development, and other activities deemed appropriate by the member governments. Of the funds allocated, each regional council of government may use up to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to assist local governments in planning for multijurisdictional water resource projects that protect water quality, conserve water, and provide infrastructure for economic development purposes.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.