GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 656
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 2 of Chapter 1064 of the 1989 Session Laws is amended by inserting a period after the word "ratification"and deleting the words "and shall expire on June 30, 1992".
Sec. 2. G.S. 130A-248(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) (Expires June
30, 1992) The Department shall charge each facility subject to
this section, except nutrition programs for the elderly administered by the
Division of Aging of the Department of Human Resources and public school
cafeterias, an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The Department
shall charge an additional twenty-five dollar ($25.00) late payment fee to any
facility that fails to pay the required fee within 45 days after billing by the
Department. The Department may, in accordance with G.S. 130A-23, suspend
or revoke the permit of a facility that fails to pay the required fee within 60
days after billing by the Department. The Commission shall adopt rules to
implement this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
credited to the General Fund and may be used to support State and local public
health programs and activities. activities; provided that not more
than thirty-three and one-third percent (33 - 1/3%) of the fees collected may
be used to support State health programs and activities. The
Department shall make an annual report to the Joint Legislative Commission on
Governmental Operations and the Director of the Fiscal Research Division that
shall include the fees collected and disbursed under this subsection and any
other information requested by the General Assembly or the Commission."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives