GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 754

Short Title:  Farmland Preservation Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Phillips; Albertson, Allran, Carter, Clodfelter, Cochrane, Dalton, Dannelly, Foxx, Garrou, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Hartsell, Horton, Kinnaird, Lucas, Martin of Guilford, Metcalf, Miller, Moore, Odom, Perdue, Purcell, Reeves, Robinson, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, Soles, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 5, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMLAND PRESERVATION TRUST FUND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, as established by G.S. 106-744 and administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to allow for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements to protect rural lands, particularly in the vicinities of urban growth areas and near waterways and other environmentally sensitive areas.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.