A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE additional funds to the state fire protection grant fund to provide additional compensation to local fire districts and municipalities for providing local fire protection to state‑owned buildings.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Fire Protection Grant Fund the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to provide additional compensation to local fire districts and municipalities for providing local fire protection to State‑owned buildings and their contents, to be allocated under the same distribution formula as other funds are allocated from the State Fire Protection Grant Fund.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.