A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to improve litter prevention and education efforts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fund litter improvement efforts. These funds shall be used as follows:
(1)	Provide start‑up funds to aid the Department in its effort to increase the effectiveness of the Keep America Beautiful program through the State.
(2)	Offer support to the exiting local Keep America Beautiful affiliates.
(3)	Encourage the expansion of Keep America Beautiful into other rural and urban communities through the State.
(4)	Establish a coordinator/director position for the statewide Keep America Beautiful program.
SECTION 1.(b)  Funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation in this section for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year shall be matched by at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) by the private sector.
SECTION 1.(c)  As part of its annual report to the Environmental Review Commission on litter prevention and education efforts, the Department shall include an assessment of the results of these appropriations.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.