A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for school and college internet connectivity in the Southwestern region of the state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Southwestern North Carolina Planning and Economic Development Commission, d/b/a Southwestern Commission, the Region A Council of Governments, the sum of one million three hundred ninety‑eight thousand four hundred forty‑eight dollars ($1,398,448) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used for school and college equipment and Internet connectivity in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.