GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 460

HOUSE BILL 1221

 

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORDERLY TRANSITION OF THE FARM POND FISHERY PROGRAM FROM FEDERAL TO STATE ADMINISTRATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is directed to develop a plan for the orderly transition of the farm pond fishery program from federal to State administration to the end that the related services may continue to be available to farm pond owners in North Carolina.  The Wildlife Resources Commission may devise a fee schedule to be assessed, after approval by the General Assembly, on farm pond owners who receive the services to offset the cost of producing and transporting fish for stocking and the cost of other direct services and products that may be furnished in connection with pond management.  Other sources of funding currently available to the Commission may be temporarily used to construct and upgrade facilities, employ personnel, and purchase equipment necessary to develop the capability to administer the farm pond fishery program until such time as the General Assembly approves the user fees assessed and they raise revenues sufficient to support the program.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1985.