NC H1109

Appropriates $120,000 in recurring funds to the Department of Justice for the 2016-2017 fiscal year to address vendor cost increases and federal grant funding reductions for lab supplies and operating costs.

Appropriates $2,197,114 in nonrecurring funds to analyze pending toxicology cases and cover private laboratory expert testimony costs.

Appropriates $640,000 in nonrecurring funds to replace gas chromatographs, toxicology fluid analysis equipment, and RFID inventory management equipment.

Appropriates $1,727,803 in nonrecurring funds and $304,187 in recurring funds for startup DNA equipment and facility operating costs for the Western Regional Crime Laboratory.

Takes effect July 1, 2016.