A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN act to appropriate funds to establish and support a communications processing assistant (administrative assistant II) position in the emergency programs division of the department of agriculture and consumer services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Emergency Programs Division of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of fifty‑four thousand two hundred ninety‑nine dollars ($54,299) in recurring funds for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to establish and support a communications processing assistant (administrative assistant II). The assistant's duties shall include managing the main Emergency Programs telephone line, monitoring the Division's internal notification systems, testing and coordinating testing of all Department VIPER radios, scheduling and setting up the AgEOC (Emergency Operations Center), and providing extensive administrative support to Emergency Programs staff. 
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.