A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds to the office of information technology services for enterprise electronic form and digital signature solutions for state and local government and public educational institutions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) shall implement technologies needed for electronic form (e‑form) and digital signature solutions for State and local government and for public educational institutions. By October 1, 2009, the Office of Information Technology Services shall select a vendor for the enterprise e‑form and digital signature solutions. The Administrative Office of the Courts, units of local government, local school administrative units, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Community College System, must be able to purchase e‑forms and digital signature solutions from the ITS master license. To pay for recurring expenses incurred by ITS, it may add reasonable fees to the cost of e‑forms.
SECTION 2.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year, to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$2,500,000 for the costs associated with the e‑forms purchase.
(2)	$2,500,000 for the costs associated with the digital signature purchase.
SECTION 2.(b)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year, to be allocated as follows:
(1)	$2,500,000 for the costs associated with the e‑forms purchase.
(2)	$2,500,000 for the costs associated with the digital signature purchase.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.