GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 385

Short Title:  Ag. Cost Share Expansion.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives J. Crawford; B. Ethridge, Fletcher, Bowman, Church, and Buchanan.
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Referred to:  Basic Resources.
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February 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXPAND THE AGRICULTURE COST SHARE PROGRAM FOR NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL.
Whereas, the control of pollutants from agricultural operations is an important part of the protection of the State's waters; and
Whereas, the voluntary approach to pollution abatement from farmlands has been highly successful in the counties covered by the cost share program; and
Whereas, the systematic expansion of this program, with the provision of additional cost sharing and technical assistance, is desired and has received widespread support; Now, therefore,
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, Division of Soil and Water Conservation, the sum of four million seventy thousand dollars ($4,070,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year for cost sharing with landowners through the Agriculture Cost Share Program for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control.  Of these funds, seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) shall be used to establish two additional environmental Technician II positions in the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Soil and Water, and the remainder shall be distributed statewide to the counties by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission as provided in Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.