A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for gang prevention and intervention programs in underserved communities across the state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Governor's Crime Commission the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be used as grants for street gang violence prevention and intervention programs. Funds shall be available to local governments and community‑based organizations in areas that do not have full‑time parks and recreation department staff. The Governor's Crime Commission shall establish the criteria for awarding the grants.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.