A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that fees payable to a local board of health for services rendered by a local health department may not exceed a certain amount annually for each BUSINESS establishment required to pay fees to the local board of health.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑39(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	A local board of health may impose a fee for services to be rendered by a local health department, except where the imposition of a fee is prohibited by statute or where an employee of the local health department is performing the services as an agent of the State. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a local board of health may impose cost‑related fees for services performed pursuant to Article 11 of this Chapter, "Wastewater Systems," for services performed pursuant to Part 10, Article 8 of this Chapter, "Public Swimming Pools", for services performed pursuant to Part 11, Article 8 of this Chapter, "Tattooing", for services performed pursuant to Article 8, Part 6 of this Chapter, "Regulation of Food and Lodging Facilities," and for services performed pursuant to G.S. 87‑97. Fees shall be based upon a plan recommended by the local health director and approved by the local board of health and the appropriate county board or boards of commissioners. The total amount of food and lodging fees required to be paid by a permitted business establishment under this subsection shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) annually. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the amount of permit fees required to be paid annually by a business establishment to the Department.
The fees collected under the authority of this subsection are to be deposited to the account of the local health department so that they may be expended for public health purposes in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2009, and applies to services provided on and after that date.