NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1126

HOUSE BILL 754

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES, TO ALLOW THE DIVISION TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC RESOURCES AND TO INCREASE SHELLFISH REHABITATION AND MANAGEMENT EFFORTS AND TO MAKE OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development the sum of four hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($485,000) for the 1981-82 fiscal year to fund the operation of the Marine Fisheries Division. The funds shall be used to maintain the current levels of operations in order to protect public health and public resources and to increase the shellfish rehabitation and management efforts. These funds are in addition to all other funds appropriated to the Department.

Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly for the Legislative Committee on Agency Review, which was established by 1981 Session Laws Chapter 932, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for fiscal year 1981-82 for the functions of that Committee.

Sec. 3. In addition to other appropriations, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly for the Legislative Research Commission the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1981-82 fiscal year to perform the studies authorized in Resolution 61 of the 1981 General Assembly (HJR 1292).

Sec. 4. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Wildlife Resources Commission the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1981-82 fiscal year for operating expenses.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.