A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the community conservation assistance programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to support the Community Conservation Assistance Program established under Part 11 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 1.(b)  The funds appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$55,015 for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year shall be used to establish and support one Environmental Specialist III position for the Community Conservation Assistance Program.
(2)	$244,985 for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year shall be used to implement the Community Conservation Assistance Program.
(3)	$53,315 for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year shall be used to continue and support one Environmental Specialist III position for the Community Conservation Assistance Program.
(4)	$246,685 for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year shall be used to continue to implement the Community Conservation Assistance Program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.