North Carolina SB 859: Real-Time Monitoring/Reservoirs & Blue Crabs.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
S 1
SENATE BILL 859

Short Title: Real-Time Monitoring/Reservoirs & Blue Crabs. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Clodfelter.
Referred to: Appropriations/Base Budget.
March 23, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE 2
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL 3
PROVIDE REAL-TIME REMOTE MONITORING (RTRM) OF DRINKING 4
WATER RESERVOIRS IN WESTERN AND PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA 5
AND PROVIDE REAL-TIME REMOTE MONITORING (RTRM) OF WATERS 6
AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE BLUE CRAB FISHERY IN NORTHEASTERN 7
COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. 8
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 9
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of 10
Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million four hundred 11
thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the sum of one million 12
four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to be allocated 13
to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University for a 14
project to install and maintain an advanced real-time remote monitoring (RTRM) 15
network that includes two major components: a monitoring program and a technology 16
development program. The purpose of the network is to provide effective monitoring of 17
drinking water supplies in Western and Piedmont North Carolina. 18
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of 19
Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of three hundred eighty-five 20
thousand dollars ($385,000) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred 21
eighty-five thousand dollars ($385,000) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to be allocated to 22
the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University for a 23
project to install and maintain an advanced real-time remote monitoring (RTRM) 24
network coupled with a blue crab monitoring/stock enhancement program. The purpose 25
of the network is to provide a cost-effective, proactive water quality monitoring system 26
for northeastern coastal North Carolina, while also enabling scientists to identify 27
underutilized fish nursery habitats with the best water quality conditions for blue crab 28
stock, thus helping to enhance and strengthen blue crab populations in those waters. 29

General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2005
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SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2005. 1