A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support an oyster research program administered by north carolina sea grant.
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 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to North Carolina Sea Grant to be used to support an oyster research program.  The research program shall provide funds for oyster research projects that include, but are not limited to, determining the optimal conditions for oyster reef building and placement and nurturing disease‑resistant oysters.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.