A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIME  CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO EXPEND FUNDS TO COVER FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑476 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(i)	In addition to any other benefits that may be payable, the Secretary may use up to the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from funds available to the Department as reimbursement for funeral expenses to the family of a member of the State Highway Patrol who is killed in the line of duty, provided that funding is available."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective June 1, 2008.