NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1229

SENATE BILL 963

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR FIVE SBI AGENTS TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES CAUSED BY INCREASED ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

 

Whereas, illegal drug activity in North Carolina has reached an alarming level causing great public concern; and

Whereas, said illegal drug activity in North Carolina constitutes a constant and present danger to the well-being of the citizens of North Carolina; and

Whereas, increased law enforcement efforts on a statewide level are necessary to combat this immediate threat to the citizenry; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the Department of Justice the sum of one hundred fifty-eight thousand one hundred seventy dollars ($158,170) for the fiscal year 1978-79 to be expended for the salaries and equipment for five additional agents of the State Bureau of Investigation to be used in enforcing the drug laws of North Carolina.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.