GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 947

Short Title:  Food Inspection Fee/Exemption.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Decker; and Wood.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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April 15, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT PRIVATE SCHOOL CAFETERIAS FROM THE SANITATION INSPECTION FEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 130A-248(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	The Department shall charge each facility subject to this section, except nutrition programs for the elderly administered by the Division of Aging of the Department of Human Resources and public school and private elementary and secondary school cafeterias, an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The Department shall charge an additional twenty-five dollar ($25.00) late payment fee to any facility that fails to pay the required fee within 45 days after billing by the Department. The Department may, in accordance with G.S. 130A-23, suspend or revoke the permit of a facility that fails to pay the required fee within 60 days after billing by the Department. The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be used for State and local public health programs and activities. No more than thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the fees collected may be used to support State health programs and activities."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.