NC CRIME LABORATORY FUNDING.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 1109 (Public) Filed Tuesday, May 10, 2016
AN ACT TO ANALYZE PENDING TOXICOLOGY CASES, TO REPLACE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, AND TO FUND START-UP DNA EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY OPERATING COSTS FOR THE WESTERN REGIONAL CRIME LABORATORY.
Intro. by B. Turner, Gill, Terry, D. Hall.

Status: Ref To Com On Appropriations (House Action) (May 11 2016)

Bill History:

H 1109

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: May 11 2016 - View Summary

    Appropriates $120,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in recurring funds for the 2016-17 fiscal year to be allocated to address vendor cost increases and a reduction in federal grant funding that historically has funded supplies and related lab operating costs.

    Appropriates $2,197,114 from the General Fund to DOJ in nonrecurring funds for the 2016-17 fiscal year to analyze pending toxicology cases and related private laboratory expert testimony costs.

    Appropriates $640,000 from the General Fund to DOJ in nonrecurring funds for the 2016-17 fiscal year to be allocated to replace gas chromatographs and related toxicology fluid analysis equipment and RFID inventory management equipment.

    Appropriates $1,727,803 from the General Fund to DOJ in nonrecurring funds, and $304,187 in recurring funds for the 2016-17 fiscal year to fund start-up DNA equipment and facility operating costs for the Western Regional Crime Laboratory.

    Effective July 1, 2016.