GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1996

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SENATE BILL 40

Short Title:  Study Funds for Neuse/Cape Fear.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Sherron.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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July 15, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A SCIENTIFIC STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE NONPOINT SOURCES OF NITROGEN IN THE CAPE FEAR AND NEUSE RIVER BASINS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to contract with an independent research organization with environmental monitoring and analysis expertise to design and implement a scientifically valid study using state-of-the-art monitoring and modelling techniques to identify the nonpoint sources of nitrogen in the surface waters of the Cape Fear and Neuse River Basins.  The results of this study shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and to the Environmental Review Commission no later than April 1, 2000.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.