A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina for projects that will provide real‑time remote monitoring (RTRM) of drinking water reservoirs in western and piedmont north carolina and provide real‑time remote monitoring (rtrm) of waters and enhancement of the blue crab fishery in northeastern coastal north carolina.
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 one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University for a project to install and maintain an advanced real‑time remote monitoring (RTRM) network that includes two major components:  a monitoring program and a technology development program.  The purpose of the network is to provide effective monitoring of drinking water supplies in Western and Piedmont North Carolina.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of three hundred eighty‑five thousand dollars ($385,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred eighty‑five thousand dollars ($385,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to be allocated to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University for a project to install and maintain an advanced real‑time remote monitoring (RTRM) network coupled with a blue crab monitoring/stock enhancement program.  The purpose of the network is to provide a cost‑effective, proactive water quality monitoring system for northeastern coastal North Carolina, while also enabling scientists to identify underutilized fish nursery habitats with the best water quality conditions for blue crab stock, thus helping to enhance and strengthen blue crab populations in those waters.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.