Appropriates $14 million from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for the 2013-14 fiscal year to build a Western Regional Crime Laboratoryon the campus of the Western Justice Academy in Edneyville, NC.

Also appropriates $1.9 million from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for the 2013-14 fiscal year, and $1.9 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year to establish 19 staff positions at the Western Regional Crime Laboratory upon completion of its construction.

Effective July 1, 2013.