GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 841

Short Title:  Cooperative Extension Position Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Wellons and Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 13, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT FIVE POSITIONS FOR THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, WHICH POSITIONS SHALL COMPRISE THE TAR-PAMLICO EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TEAM.
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 four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to establish and support five positions for the Cooperative Extension Service of North Carolina State University as follows: one extension river basin education coordinator, three area extension environmental educators, and one area extension natural habitat educator.  These positions shall comprise the Tar-Pamlico Extension Environmental Education Team, which shall help citizens and public officials improve the environment by employing science-based information and by providing environmental education in the 16 counties in the Tar-Pamlico River Basin.  The Tar-Pamlico Extension Environmental Education Team shall receive support from the existing campus and field faculty of the Cooperative Extension Service of North Carolina State University, including North Carolina State University Extension Specialists in nutrient management, soil science, agricultural engineering, urban stormwater, and economics.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.