GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1240

Short Title:  Plant Protection Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives James; Bowman and Culp.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 4, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR EXPANDED OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO RESTORE HABITAT FOR AND PREVENT EXTINCTION OF THE STATE'S ENDANGERED AND THREATENED NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of one hundred fifty-one thousand seven hundred forty-three dollars ($151,743) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred thirty-six thousand one hundred eighty-eight dollars ($136,188) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to be used by the North Carolina Plant Conservation Board created in G.S. 106-202.14 for expanded operational support to restore habitat for and to prevent extinction of the State's 125 endangered and threatened native plant species as outlined in the Plant Protection and Conservation Act, Article 19B of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes.  These funds shall also be used to publish the State's list of rare plants and to educate North Carolina citizens regarding rare plant conservation.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.