A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE SENTENCING SERVICES PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department, Office of Indigent Defense Services, the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for the Sentencing Services Program. The funds shall be used to match offenders with appropriate community resources and provide information to the courts regarding community resources.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.