A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for drug treatment courts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year. The funds shall be used to provide substance abuse treatment services and case management for existing pre‑plea and post‑plea Adult Drug Treatment Courts, DWI Treatment Courts, Youth Drug Treatment Courts, Mental Health Treatment Courts, and Family Drug Treatment Courts.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.