GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 154*

Short Title:  Dam Safety Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Odom.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY ASSURING ADEQUATE INSPECTION OF DAMS AND TO IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAM SAFETY ACT OF 1967, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
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 two hundred seventy-four thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars ($274,336) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of two  hundred fifty-five thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars ($255,336) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to establish five additional positions to ensure adequate inspection of dams in the State and to improve implementation of the Dam Safety Act of 1967.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.