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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />SESSION 2015 <br />H 1 <br />HOUSE BILL 965* <br />Short Title: Aquatic Weed Control Clarification. (Public) <br />Sponsors: Representatives McElraft and West (Primary Sponsors). <br />For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. <br />Referred to: Environment <br />April 27, 2016 <br />A BILL TO BE ENTITLED <br />AN ACT TO RENAME AND CLARIFY THE USES OF THE SHALLOW DRAFT <br />NAVIGATION CHANNEL DREDGING AND LAKE MAINTENANCE FUND, AS <br />RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON <br />AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES. <br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br />SECTION 1. Part 8B of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes reads as <br />rewritten: <br />"Part 8B. Shallow Draft Navigation Channel and Lake Dredging Fund. <br />"§ 143- 215.73F. Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and biike AliiintefimieeAqLuatic <br />Weed Fund. <br />(a) Fund Established. — The Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and L-&e <br />main, °Aquatic Weed Fund is established as a special revenue fund. The Fund consists of <br />fees credited to it under G.S. 75A -3 and G.S. 75A -38, taxes credited to it under G.S. 105- 449.126, <br />and funds contributed by non -State entities. <br />(b) Uses of Fund. — Revenue in the Fund may only be used for the following purposes: <br />(1) To provide the State's share of the costs associated with any dredging project <br />designed to keep shallow draft navigation channels located in State waters or <br />waters of the state located within lakes navigable and safe. <br />(2) For aquatic weed control projects in waters of the State ',.eatea .. with lakes <br />under Article 15 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes. Funding for aquatic <br />weed control projects is limited to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in <br />each fiscal year. <br />SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 75A -3(c) reads as rewritten: <br />"(c) The Boating Account is established within the Wildlife Resources Fund created under <br />G.S. 143 -250. Interest and other investment income earned by the Account accrues to the Account. <br />All moneys collected pursuant to the numbering and titling provisions of this Chapter shall be <br />credited to this Account. Motor fuel excise tax revenue is credited to the Account under <br />G.S. 105- 449.126. The Commission shall use revenue in the Account, subject to the Executive <br />Budget Act and the Personnel Act, for the administration and enforcement of this Chapter; for <br />activities relating to boating and water safety including education and waterway marking and <br />improvement; and for boating access area acquisition, development, and maintenance. The <br />Commission shall use at least three dollars ($3.00) of each one -year certificate of number fee and <br />at least nine dollars ($9.00) of each three -year certificate of number fee collected under the <br />