A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds to revitalize the NC oneMap project as recommended by the joint legislative oversight committee on information technology.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Assembly finds that there is a continuing critical need for consolidating the investments made in geographic information systems (GIS) and developing common infrastructures in order for the State to reap all the potential benefits of GIS at the lowest cost.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Information Technology Fund the sum of ninety‑six thousand five hundred dollars ($96,500) for the 2011‑2012 fiscal year and the sum of eight hundred sixty‑two thousand five hundred dollars ($862,500) for the 2012‑2013 fiscal year for a project to revitalize the NC OneMap System. The State Chief Information Officer, in cooperation with the Geographic Information Coordinating Council, shall coordinate the refocusing of the NC OneMap geographical information system infrastructure project to leverage new technology, to increase the utility of GIS services, and to reduce GIS data layer costs through singly managed contracts.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.