A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating funds to establish an assistant county ranger position in the division of forest resources to be assigned to columbus county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Forest Resources, the sum of fourteen thousand eight hundred seventy dollars ($14,870) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of fourteen thousand four hundred fifty dollars ($14,450) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish a new, full‑time Forest Technician I (Assistant County Ranger) position assigned to Columbus County, including salary and other support costs associated with the position.
SECTION 2.  The State funding for the seasonal position of Smoke Chaser in Columbus County, in the amount of ten thousand four hundred twenty‑six dollars ($10,426), shall be transferred to fund the new position established by this act. State funding shall account for sixty percent (60%) of the costs of the new position. The County of Columbus shall fund the remaining forty percent (40%) of the costs.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.