A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to covenant prison ministries.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Covenant Prison Ministries, Incorporated, a nonprofit organization, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to support the organization's "Life Skills" Program and other programs utilized to reduce offender recidivism for program participants in the Town of Monroe and surrounding areas.
SECTION 1.(b)  Covenant Prison Ministries shall track participants who complete the Life Skills Program to determine the recidivism rate of those who complete the program and report the results to House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety by June 30, 2008.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.