AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES CENTER. SL 2020-44. Enacted June 26, 2020. Effective July 1, 2020.
Bill Summaries: S812 AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES CENTER FUNDS.
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Bill S 812 (2019-2020)Summary date: Jun 29 2020 - View Summary
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Bill S 812 (2019-2020)Summary date: Jun 8 2020 - View Summary
Senate amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Modifies the appropriations provisions. Now directs the Department of Commerce rather than the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS), to transfer, by August 15, 2020, $5 million in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance in the Expanded Gas Products Service to Agriculture Fund, to DACS's Food and Drug Division. Maintains the previously stated purpose of the appropriated funds.
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Bill S 812 (2019-2020)Summary date: Jun 3 2020 - View Summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Modifies the appropriations provisions. Previously, appropriated an unspecified amount of recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) for a full-time manager for the Agricultural Sciences Center (Center) and of nonrecurring funds for 2020-21 for equipment, moving costs, and other nonrecurring expenses associated with opening the Center. Now, makes the following appropriations for the previously provided purposes.
Reallocates and appropriates $115,220 of recurring funds appropriated to the Pay Plan Reserve for the 2020-21 fiscal year to DACS, Drug and Food Division (Division), for a full-time manager position at the Center.
Directs the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to transfer, by August 15, 2020, $3,783,912 in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance in the Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund to the Division. Appropriates the funds for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be used for equipment, moving costs, and other nonrecurring expenses associated with opening the Center.
Directs DACS to transfer, by August 15, 2020, $1,217,088 in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance of the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, and $5 million in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance in the Expanded Gas Products Service to Agriculture Fund, to the Division. Appropriates the transferred funds for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be used for equipment, moving costs, and other nonrecurring expenses associated with opening the Center.
Maintains the act's general provisions and effective date of July 1, 2020.
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Bill S 812 (2019-2020)Summary date: May 19 2020 - View Summary
Appropriates from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services an amount sufficient for a recurring funds for a full-time manager for the Agricultural Sciences Center (Center) and nonrecurring funds for 2020-21 for equipment, moving costs, and other nonrecurring expenses associated with opening the Center.
Reenacts the provisions of the State Budget Act, GS Chapter 143C, and incorporates them into this act by reference.
Provides that except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of any other legislation enacted during the 2019 Regular Session expressly appropriating funds to an agency, a department, or an institution covered under this act, remain in effect.
Effective July 1, 2020.