North Carolina § 143B-135 - 209. North Carolina Zoo Fund.

§ 143B-135. 209. North Carolina Zoo Fund.

Fund. - The North Carolina Zoo Fund is created as a special fund. The North Carolina Zoo Fund shall be used for the following types of projects at the North Carolina Zoological Park and to match private funds raised for these types of projects: Repair, renovation, expansion, maintenance, and educational exhibit construction. Funds used for repair, renovation, and expansion projects may be transferred to a capital projects fund to account for use of the funds for each project. Renovations of exhibits in habitat clusters, visitor services facilities, and support facilities (including greenhouses and temporary animal holding areas). The acquisition, maintenance, or replacement of tram equipment as required to maintain adequate service to the public. Disposition of Receipts. - All receipts derived from the collection of admissions charges and other fees, the lease or rental of property or facilities, and the disposition of products of the land or structures shall be credited to the North Carolina Zoological Park's General Fund operating budget. At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer from the North Carolina Zoological Park's General Fund operating budget to the North Carolina Zoo Fund an amount not to exceed the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) and any donations, gifts, and devises received by the North Carolina Zoological Park. Approval. - The Secretary may approve the use of the North Carolina Zoo Fund for repair and renovation projects at the North Carolina Zoological Park recommended by the Council that comply with the following: The total project cost is less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The project meets the requirements of G.S. 143C-8-13(a). The project is paid for from funds appropriated to the Fund. The project does not obligate the State to provide increased recurring funding for operations. Report. - The Department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division by September 30 of each year a report on the North Carolina Zoo Fund that shall include the source and amounts of all funds credited to the Fund and the purpose and amount of all expenditures from the Fund during the prior fiscal year. History (1989, c. 752, s. 154; 1995, c. 324, s. 26.11; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2005-386, s. 5; 2010-142, s. 4; 2015-241, s. 14.30(i), (p); 2016-94, s. 16.6(a); 2017-57, ss. 14.3(i), 36.12(f).) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 143B-336.1 was recodified as G.S. 143B-135.209 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(i), effective July 1, 2015 Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.24, provides: "The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall enter into a contract for the operation of at least three of the gift shops located at the North Carolina Zoological Park during the 2011-2012 fiscal year and the 2012-2013 fiscal year, and this contract shall provide that any profits that result from operating these gift shops during the 2011-2012 fiscal year and the 2012-2013 fiscal year are credited at the end of each quarter to the Special Zoo Fund created under G.S. 143B-336.1. The provisions of Article 3 and Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes apply to any contract entered into under this section." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-386, s. 5, effective September 13, 2005, in the third sentence, inserted "and for marketing the Zoological Park" at the end, and made a related stylistic change; and substituted "that" for "which" in the fourth sentence. Session Laws 2010-142, s. 4, effective July 22, 2010, in the last sentence, substituted the language "shall provide a report on or before October 1 of each year ... Commission on Governmental Operations" for "shall provide an annual report to the Office of State Budget and Management and to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(p), effective July 1, 2015, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2016-94, s. 16.6(a), effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (b), substituted "Receipts" for "Fees" in the subsection heading, substituted "All receipts derived from the collection of admissions charges and other fees and the lease or rental of property or facilities" for "All fee receipts" in the first sentence, and substituted "the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) and any private donations received by the North Carolina Zoological Park" for "one million dollars ($1,000,000)" in the last sentence; added subdivisions (c)(3) and (c)(4); and substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources" for "House and Senate appropriations committees with jurisdiction over natural and economic resources" in subsection (d). Session Laws 2017-57, s. 14.3(i), effective July 1, 2017, added the second sentence in subdivision (a)(1); in subsection (b), added "and the disposition of products of the land or structures," substituted "donations, gifts, and devises" for "private donations" and made a stylistic change. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 36.12(f), effective July 1, 2019, substituted "G.S. 143C-8-13(a)" for " G.S. 143C-4-3(b) " in subdivision (c)(2).