GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1100

Short Title:  Mosquito Control Capital Fund.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Block.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 1, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO A MOSQUITO CONTROL CAPITAL FUND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 130A-347 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-347. Mosquito control funds.
(a)	Funds received by the Department for mosquito control may be used to aid mosquito control districts and other units of local government engaged in mosquito control. The Commission shall adopt rules concerning the allocation of the funds. The rules may include provisions to withhold part of the mosquito control funds for the suppression of potential or documented mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. State aid for local physical control methods such as, but not limited to, cleaning, reopening or construction of ditches, restoration of streams and construction of impoundments shall not exceed the amount of funds and the value of services and facilities provided locally except State aid may be provided up to twice the locally provided amount for physical control methods in salt marsh areas. State aid for local chemical and biological control methods such as, but not limited to, control of immature and adult mosquitoes  by use of chemicals, bacteria, fungi and mosquito fish shall not exceed the amount of funds and the value of services and facilities provided locally. State aid shall not be granted with respect to each individual project until the Department finds and certifies in writing for each project that: (i) the required local share is available; (ii) there is a documented mosquito problem which requires abatement; (iii) a work plan describing the method and procedures to be used for abatement is appropriate; and (iv) the rules of the Commission have been met.
(b)	Mosquito control funds that are unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall be placed in a nonreverting mosquito control capital expenditure fund. When a total of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) is placed in the fund over a period of one or more fiscal years, unexpended mosquito control funds shall revert to the General Fund.  The fund shall be used by the Department for the purchase of equipment and supporting supplies to be used by the Department and, on a cost-sharing basis, to be used by local units of government for salt marsh mosquito control activities.  The Commission shall adopt rules establishing cost-sharing requirements."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.