A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR NEW PRETRIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year for counties to start and manage new pretrial programs.  These funds will be managed by the Governor's Crime Commission, and counties will be asked to gradually assume program costs after a period of three to five years.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.