GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 532

Short Title:  Fund Cooperative Fisheries/University Project.          (Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Albertson; Dannelly, Gulley, Hoyle, Kerr, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, and Warren.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 27, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER WITHIN THE COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 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 for  the Cooperative Institute of Fisheries Oceanography the sum of one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) in recurring funds for the 1997-98 fiscal year for graduate and postgraduate stipends, to initiate a cooperative effort between the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources and the University System on fisheries and water quality management.
Section 2.  The Division of Marine Fisheries shall establish priorities for fisheries and water quality projects on an annual basis in cooperation with university fisheries scientists.  Funding shall be consistent with those priorities.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.