A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for community‑based corrections programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Correction the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the Criminal Justice Partnership Program.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of three hundred ninety‑two thousand seven hundred sixty‑two dollars ($392,762) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the Drug Treatment Court Program.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department, Office of Indigent Defense Services, the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the Sentencing Services Program. The funds shall be used to match offenders with appropriate community resources and provide information to the courts regarding community resources.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Correction the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to provide expansion funding for the Women at Risk program for female offenders in Buncombe and surrounding counties.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.