GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 790

Short Title:  Food/Lodging Sanitation Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle; and Warren.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, 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, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of one million four hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($1,415,000) for 1997-98 fiscal year for the Food, Lodging, and Institutional Sanitation Program within the Department.  Funds appropriated under this section shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$915,000 shall be used to establish and support the following positions:  seven regional environmental health specialists, one of whom shall be responsible for hearing and deciding appeals of rule interpretations made in the field by local health departments, one of whom shall be an environmental engineer, one of whom shall be a computer system analyst, and four of whom shall be office assistants.
(2)	$500,000 shall be used for aid to counties to support the 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, 1997.