GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1570

Short Title:  Sanitation Program Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle; and Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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June 1, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE SANITATION PROGRAM FOR FOOD AND LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to improve the standards and consistency of the Department's Food, Lodging, and Institutional Sanitation Program.  Funds appropriated under this section shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$1,300,000 to fund and support the following positions:  six regional environmental health specialists, three environmental engineers, two food safety educators, one nurse consultant, one environmental health programs staff assistant, two processing assistants, one administrative assistant, and four office assistants.
(2)	$1,000,000 for aid-to-counties to support continuing education and training of persons who conduct food and lodging inspections for county departments of health.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.