GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1346

Short Title: Water Quality Appropriations.  	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Odom, Albertson, Conder, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, Rand; Cooper and Ballance.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 27, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE STUDY OF WATER QUALITY AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of two hundred fourteen thousand, nine hundred thirty-two dollars ($214,932) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for three positions and operating expenses for enhancement of environmental education programs.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Management, the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to study and prepare a model of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Management, the sum of nine hundred thirteen thousand dollars ($913,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for four positions and operating expenses for monitoring activities including equipment and contract laboratory support.
Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Management, the sum of seven hundred twenty thousand dollars ($720,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to complete a hydrodynamic model of the Neuse River Estuary and to expedite a fate/transport nutrient model for the Neuse River Basin.
Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors for North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Program, the sum of three hundred two thousand, six hundred ten dollars ($302,610) in recurring funds for the 1996-97 fiscal year for six positions, and the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for operational expenses.
Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.