Bill Summary for H 1188 (2013-2014)

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May 21 2014

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 1188 (Public) Filed Wednesday, May 21, 2014
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR A PROPOSAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO ESTABLISH A NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PLANT SCIENCES RESEARCH AND INNOVATION INITIATIVE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AWARENESS STUDY COMMISSION.
Intro. by Langdon, Dixon.

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Includes whereas clauses about agriculture.

Appropriates $250,000 from the General Fund to North Carolina State University for the 2014-15 fiscal year in order to develop a formal proposal and economic needs assessment for the establishment of a public/private partnership which is to be known as the “Plant Sciences Research and Innovation Initiative.”

North Carolina State University must submit a copy of the proposal and report to the Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission detailing the results of the economic needs assessment by January 1, 2015.