GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 412*

 
 
Short Title:	NCSU Fire Ant Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Hill;  Alexander, Edwards, Jarrell, Kiser, McLawhorn, Teague, and Warren.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the establishment of a research and outreach program for the control of the  REd imported fire ant.

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 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for fiscal year 2001‑2002 and the sum of two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for fiscal year 2002‑2003.  The funds are to be used to establish a program in the Department of Entomology of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University for research on the red imported fire ant and for outreach and extension to assist the general public with the management and control of the ant.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.