A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for certain purposes related to hazardous materials, as recommended by the Governor's Hazardous waste materials task force.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIGITAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR A HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS INVENTORY DATABASE 

SECTION 1.  If Section 5.1 of House Bill 36, 2007 Session, becomes law, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Information Technology Services of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to implement subsection (a) of Section 5.1 of House Bill 36, 2007 Session.

APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE SEVEN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAMS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE

SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of three hundred seventy‑two thousand seven hundred forty‑four dollars ($372,744) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred seventy‑two thousand seven hundred forty‑four dollars ($372,744) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to increase the current continuing appropriations for the North Carolina Regional Response Teams for Hazardous Materials Response, which provide a necessary regional capability for hazardous materials response, to be used to assist with the costs of continuing and supporting positions, the costs of a time‑phased replacement of vehicles and equipment, increased costs of repairs and maintenance of vehicles and equipment, and the costs of training and certifying the North Carolina Regional Response Teams for Hazardous Materials Response.

APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL PLAN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO EVENTS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION

SECTION 3.  If Section 5.3 of House Bill 36, 2007 Session, becomes law, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the Epidemiology Section of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of ninety‑six thousand one hundred three dollars ($96,103) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of forty‑eight thousand fifty‑two dollars ($48,052) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to implement subsection (a) of Section 5.3 of House Bill 36, 2007 Session.

APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FOR DISASTER STUDIES

SECTION 4.  If Section 5.3(a) of House Bill 36, 2007 Session, becomes law, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be allocated to the North Carolina Institute for Disaster Studies (NCIDS), as authorized by Section 5.3(a) of House Bill 36, 2007 Session, to be used toward the costs of the following: (i) to assist in establishing NCIDS, a multidisciplinary, interinstitutional, basic and applied research program that applies state of the art concepts and technologies to address urgent and important disaster research questions, and (ii) to assist the campuses within The University of North Carolina to develop crisis management and crisis communications systems that will help individual campuses to better prepare in the event of a disaster.

APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO STUDY THE EMISSION AND TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS AT FIRES AT COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES AND TO FUND RESEARCH OF THE HUMAN HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SUCH FIRES

SECTION 5.  If Section 5.3(b) of House Bill 36, 2007 Session, becomes law, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be allocated as follows:
(1)	Seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be used to study the emission and transport of pollutants at fires at commercial hazardous waste facilities, as defined in G.S. 130A‑295.01, which study is authorized by Section 5.3(b) of House Bill 36, 2007 Session; and
(2)	Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to be used to research the human health and economic impacts of fires at commercial hazardous waste facilities, as defined in G.S. 130A‑295.01, which research is authorized by Section 5.3(b) of House Bill 36, 2007 Session.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.