A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to montgomery county to be used to identify and to address wells contaminated with pesticides that are located in Montgomery county or that extend into an adjoining county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Montgomery County the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be used for an initiative as provided in this act to address wells presently identified as contaminated with pesticides where the contamination is located in Montgomery County or where the contamination extends into an adjoining county as well as to address similarly situated wells subsequently identified as contaminated with pesticides.
SECTION 2.  The funds appropriated under Section 1 of this act may be used for all of the following purposes:
(1)	To test wells in order to identify which wells are contaminated with pesticides and to establish the level of contamination.
(2)	To educate residents and property owners of Montgomery County and any adjoining county identified as having such contamination of the possibility of wells being contaminated by pesticides and the location of wells that are identified as contaminated.
(3)	To provide potable water to residents of Montgomery County or an adjoining county who receive water from wells located in the contaminated areas, including the installation of drinking waterlines where economically feasible.
(4)	To provide fire suppression capability to these contaminated areas.
(5)	To assist residents who receive water from wells located in these contaminated areas when the level of contamination poses a danger to the residents' health and these residents relocate.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.