North Carolina § 19A-62 - Spay/Neuter Account established.

§ 19A-62. Spay/Neuter Account established.

Creation. - The Spay/Neuter Account is established as a nonreverting special revenue account in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Account consists of the following: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(c), effective October 1, 2010. Twenty dollars ($20.00) of the additional fee imposed by G.S. 20-79.7 for an Animal Lovers special license plate. Any other funds available from appropriations by the General Assembly or from contributions and grants from public or private sources. Use. - The revenue in the Account shall be used by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as follows: Repealed by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(c), effective October 1, 2010. Up to twenty percent (20%) may be used to develop and implement the statewide education program component of the Spay/Neuter Program established in G.S. 19A-61(1). Up to twenty percent (20%) of the money in the Account may be used to defray the costs of administering the Spay/Neuter Program established in this Article. Funds remaining after deductions for the education program and administrative expenses shall be distributed quarterly to eligible counties and cities seeking reimbursement for reduced-cost spay/neuter surgeries performed during the previous calendar year. A county or city is ineligible to receive funds under this subdivision unless it requires the owner to show proof of rabies vaccination at the time of the procedure or, if none, require vaccination at the time of the procedure. Report. - In March of each year, the Department must report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division. The report must contain information regarding all revenues and expenditures of the Spay/Neuter Account. History (2000-163, s. 1; 2007-487, ss. 2, 3; 2008-187, s. 8; 2010-31, s. 11.4(c); 2011-326, s. 4; 2015-263, s. 25(b); 2020-78, s. 5.1(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2007-487, s. 3, effective January 1, 2008, was codified as subsection (c) of this section at the direction of the Revisor of statutes. Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(a), provides: "The Spay/Neuter Program established under G.S. 19A-61 and the Spay/Neuter Account established under G.S. 19A-62 are transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Any unexpended funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services for the 2009-2010 fiscal year to implement the Spay/Neuter Program are transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2010.'" Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2010-2011 fiscal year." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2015-263, s. 38(a), is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.1, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2020-78, s. 22.3, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-487, s. 2, effective January 1, 2008, rewrote subdivision (a)(1); added present subdivision (b)(1); redesignated former subdivisions (b)(1) through (b)(3) as present subdivisions (b)(2) through (b)(4), respectively; and added the last sentence in subdivision (b)(4). Session Laws 2008-187, s. 8, effective August 7, 2008, added "Report. - " at the beginning of subsection (c). Session Laws 2010-31, s. 11.4(c), effective October 1, 2010, in the introductory paragraphs in subsections (a) and (b), substituted "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" for "Department of Health and Human Services"; deleted subdivision (a)(1), which read: "The portion of the fee imposed under G.S. 130A-190(b)(4) for obtaining a rabies vaccination tag from the Department of Health and Human Services"; in subdivision (a)(2), substituted "Twenty dollars ($20.00)" for "Ten dollars ($10.00)"; deleted subdivision (b)(1), which read: "If the revenue generated by the portion of the fee imposed under G.S. 130A-190(b)(3) is less than forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($47,500) for the fiscal year, then funds up to the difference between forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($47,500) and the amount of revenue generated may be used from this Account to fund rabies education and prevention programs"; in subdivision (b)(2), substituted "Up to twenty percent (20%) may be used to develop" for "Twenty percent (20%) shall be used to develop"; and in the first sentence in subdivision (b)(4), inserted "calendar." Session Laws 2011-326, s. 4, effective June 27, 2011, updated the section reference in subdivision (b)(2). Session Laws 2015-263, s. 25(b), effective September 30, 2015, substituted "March" for "February" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2020-78, s. 5.1(a), effective July 1, 2020, substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources" for "Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations" in subsection (c).