GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 294

Short Title:  Lincoln/Gaston Helicopter Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle; and Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 4, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REFURBISH A HELICOPTER FOR FIRE CONTROL IN LINCOLN AND GASTON COUNTIES AND FOR OPERATING THE HELICOPTER AND CREW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Forest Resources:
(1)	The sum of two hundred eighty-two thousand five hundred sixty dollars ($282,560) for the 1997-98 fiscal year for the costs of preparing a federal surplus helicopter for fire control in Lincoln and Gaston Counties, for the operating costs of the helicopter, and to establish and support the two positions of pilot and aircraft mechanic/crew chief needed to operate the helicopter; and
(2)	The sum of one hundred sixty-seven thousand eight hundred sixty dollars ($167,860) for the 1998-99 fiscal year for the operating costs of the helicopter and to maintain and support the two positions needed to operate the helicopter.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.