GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1102
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/5/93

Short Title:  Pesticide Environmental Trust Fund.	(Public)
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE THE PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND, TO BE FUNDED BY AN ASSESSMENT FOR EACH BRAND OR GRADE OF PESTICIDE REGISTERED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-468 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-468. Disposition of fees and charges.
(a)	Except as provided in subsection (b), all fees and charges received by the Board under this Article shall be credited to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of administration and enforcement of this Article.
(b)	The Pesticide Environmental Trust Fund is established as a nonreverting account within the Department of Agriculture.  The Department of Agriculture shall administer the Fund.  The additional assessment imposed by G.S. 143-442(b) on the registration of a brand or grade of pesticide shall be credited to the Fund.  The Department shall distribute money in the Fund as follows:
(1)	Two and one-half percent (2.5%) to North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service to enhance its agromedicine efforts in cooperation with East Carolina University School of Medicine.
(2)	Two and one-half percent (2.5%) to East Carolina University School of Medicine to enhance its agromedicine efforts in cooperation with North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service.
(3)	Twenty percent (20%) to North Carolina State University, Department of Toxicology, to establish and maintain an extension agromedicine specialist position.
(4)	Seventy-five percent (75%) to the Department of Agriculture for its environmental programs, as directed by the Pesticide Board including establishing a pesticide container management program, to enhance its pesticide disposal program and water quality initiatives."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-442(b) is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b)	The applicant shall pay an annual registration fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) plus an additional annual assessment of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each brand or grade of pesticide registered. An additional two hundred dollars ($200.00) delinquent registration penalty shall be assessed against the registrant for each brand or grade of pesticide which is marketed in North Carolina prior to registration as required by this Article.  In the case of multi-year registration, the annual fee and additional assessment for each year shall be paid at the time of the initial registration.  The Board shall give a pro rata refund of the registration fee and additional assessment to the registrant in the event that registration is canceled by the Board or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1994, and applies to all applications for registration filed under G.S. 143-442 on or after that date.