H.B. 963
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 11, 2021
SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10419-MLa-118
Short Title: DOJ Budget Request & SAECKs. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Faircloth.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR COSTS
3 ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
6 Justice the sum of nine million dollars ($9,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2021-2022
7 fiscal year to be used for costs associated with the testing of sexual assault evidence collection
8 kits.
9 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
10 Justice the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) in recurring funds for
11 the 2021-2022 fiscal year to be used for costs associated with the increased number of sexual
12 assault evidence collection kits submitted to the State Crime Laboratory.
13 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2021.
*DRH10419-MLa-118*