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NC H890

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/25/2023

Primary Sponsor

Eric Ager

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $2,000,000 in nonrecurring funds for fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Agriculture Cost Share Program for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
  • Provides cost share assistance to farmers in the Upper French Broad River watershed in Transylvania, Henderson, Buncombe, and Madison Counties for livestock management measures
  • Eligible measures include installation of fences, alternative livestock watering systems, pasture management, and other measures to keep livestock out of streams and watercourses
  • Responds to bacterial contamination and sedimentation issues that caused the Department of Environmental Quality to designate 19 miles of the Upper French Broad River as impaired in 2022
  • Becomes effective July 1, 2023

Legislative Description

Ag Cost-Share Funds/French Broad

Agriculture; Animals; Counties; Environment; Lakes & Rivers; Livestock & Poultry; Local Government; Pollution; Public; Soil & Wa

Last Action

Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

4/26/2023

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/26/2023

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