A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the general fund budget of the cooperative extension service at north carolina state university.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Fund budget of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service at North Carolina State University (budget code 16032) shall be reduced by two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the reduction shal1 be accomplished by reducing the regional administration of the extension districts by reducing the seven regional districts to six regional districts by merging the North Central District into the Northeast and Northwest Districts.  The balance of the reduction shall be made by first eliminating those programs that do not directly serve agricultural farming operations.
SECTION 2.  This act  becomes effective July 1, 2002.