A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds to encourage the provision of local services by interlocal agreement and other consolidated efforts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce, Division of Community Assistance, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to study and establish pilot programs for the shared provision of local government services, including:
(1)	Regional jails.
(2)	Regional animal shelters and consolidated animal control services.
(3)	Consolidated payroll services.
(4)	Any other appropriate function that may be coordinated under an interlocal agreement or through consolidated efforts.
The Division of Community Assistance shall implement three pilots. The pilots shall be geographically located to cover the western, central, and eastern parts of the State.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.