2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment.
§ 113A-183. Forest Development Fund.

§ 113A‑183.  Forest Development Fund.

(a)        The Forest Development Fund is created in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as a special fund. Revenue in the Fund does not revert at the end of a fiscal year, and interest and other investment income earned by the Fund accrues to it. The Fund is created to provide revenue to implement this Article. The Fund consists of the following revenue:

(1)        Assessments on primary forest products collected under Article 12 of Chapter 113A of the General Statutes.

(2)        General Fund appropriations.

(3)        Gifts and grants made to the Fund.

(b),  (c) Repealed by Sessions Laws 1997‑352, s. 3.

(d)        In any fiscal year, no more than five percent (5%) of the available funds generated by the Primary Forest Product Processor Assessment Act may be used for program support under the provisions of G.S. 113A‑179(c).

(e)        Funds used for the purchase of equipment under the provisions of G.S. 113A‑179(d) shall be limited to appropriations from the General Fund to the Forest Development Fund designated specifically for equipment purchase. (1977, c. 562, s. 8; c. 771, s. 4; 1981, c. 1127, s. 45; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(75); 1997‑352, s. 3; 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a).)