A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE continuation funds to support the state search and rescue program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, the sum of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year and the sum of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year in recurring funds to be used to support the State Search and Rescue Program as provided in Article 6 of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes. The funds shall be used in partnership with units of local government to supplement local funds to purchase equipment, maintain equipment, and provide other items necessary to ensure statewide search and rescue services. Any match requirement established by the Secretary may be satisfied by the sponsoring local agency with cash payments or in‑kind contributions.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.