GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1333

Short Title:  Beaver Control Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Fox; Owens, Tolson, and Warwick.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 26, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CONTINUE THE STATEWIDE BEAVER DAMAGE CONTROL PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Wildlife Resources Commission the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to continue the beaver damage control program established in G.S. 113-291.10, provided the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year in federal funds are available to provide the federal share.
Section 2.  G.S. 113-291.10(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	There is established the Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board.  The Board shall consist of nine members, as follows:
(1)	The Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or his designee, who shall serve as chair;
(2)	The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or a designee;
(3)	The Director of the Division of Forest Resources of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, or a designee;
(4)	The Director of the Soil and Water Conservation Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, or a designee;
(5)	The Director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, or a designee;
(6) 	The Secretary of Transportation, or a designee;
(7) 	The State Director of the Wildlife Services Division of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or a designee;
(8)	The President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., or a designee, representing private landowners; and
(9) 	A representative of the North Carolina Forestry Association."
Section 3.  G.S. 113-291.10(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The Wildlife Resources Commission shall implement the program, and may enter a cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Services Division of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to accomplish the program."
Section 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.