GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	2 

SENATE BILL 204
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/93

Short Title:  GPAC/CON Self-Funded.	(Public)
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February 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM SELF-FUNDED BY INCREASING THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CON APPLICATION FEES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that, while other states with certificate of need agencies have increased fees or downsized staff to fund their programs without state revenue, the application fees generated by North Carolina's certificate of need program currently cover only seventy-five percent (75%) of program expenses.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 131E-177(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9)	Establish and collect fees for submitting applications for certificates of need.  The fee schedule established should generate sufficient revenue to offset the entire cost of the certificate of need program.  This fee may not exceed twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500) and may not be less than two thousand dollars ($2,000)."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993, and applies to applications submitted on or after that date.