A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the governor's crime commission of the department of public safety for street gang violence prevention and intervention programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Governor's Crime Commission of the Department of Public Safety the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the 2017‑2018 fiscal year to be used to provide grants for street gang violence prevention and intervention programs. The Governor's Crime Commission shall develop the criteria for eligibility for these funds. The criteria shall include a matching requirement of twenty‑five percent (25%), one half of which may be in in‑kind contributions, and presentation of a written plan for the services to be provided by the funds. Funds shall be available to public and private entities or agencies for juvenile or adult programs that meet the criteria established by the Governor's Crime Commission.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Governor's Crime Commission shall report on the uses of the funds described in subsection (a) of this section no later than April 1, 2018, to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and the Fiscal Research Division.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2017.