GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 254

Short Title:  Shellfish Rehabilitation Fund.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Preston, Redwine; Clary, Smith, Watson, and Culp.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE OYSTER REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO THE SHELLFISH REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE USE OF SHELLFISH REHABILITATION PROGRAM FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Oyster Rehabilitation Program in the Division of Marine Fisheries in the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall be renamed the Shellfish Rehabilitation Program.  Funds appropriated for the Oyster Rehabilitation Program or the Shellfish Rehabilitation Program may be used for the Shellfish Rehabilitation Program.  The Oyster, Clam, and Scallop Subcommittee of the Marine Fisheries Commission shall advise the Division of Marine Fisheries on the expenditure of Shellfish Rehabilitation Program funds.  The Division of Marine Fisheries shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture on the expenditure of Shellfish Rehabilitation Program funds annually, beginning January 1, 1998.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.