HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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AMENDMENT TO: |
Senate Bill No. 1066, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, Conference Draft 1 |
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OFFERED BY: |
Representative Lynn Finnegan |
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DATE: |
May 1st, 2007 |
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SECTION 1. Senate Bill No. 1066, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, Conference Draft 1 is amended by amending Section 1 to read as follows:
"§150A-A Inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee and charge. (a) There is imposed a fee for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in any marine commercial container shipment, foreign or domestic, that is brought into the State. The fee shall be computed on the basis of $1 for each twenty-foot equivalent unit per container.
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CHIEF CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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The department shall collect the fee at the port of disembarkation and deposit the fee into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund under section 150A-B.
§150A-B Pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund, into which shall be deposited:
(1) Legislative appropriations for inspection, quarantine, and eradication services;
(2) Service fees, charges, and penalties collected under section 150A-A;
(3) Federal funds received for pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication programs;
(4) Grants and gifts;
(5) All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the fund; and
(6) Any other moneys made available to the fund.
(b) The moneys in the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund shall be expended by the department for the operation of pest inspection, quarantine, eradication, and monitoring programs, related facilities, and the execution of emergency remedial measures when pests are detected in the course of inspection and quarantine activities by the department."