§ 113-300.24.  (Effective December 1, 2026) Expenses; compensation; disposition of funds; budget and audit.

(a) The Game Commission may pay the necessary fees of attorneys, surveyors, and accountants; the costs of printing license forms for hunting blind licenses to be furnished to the clerk to the Game Commission; and other necessary expenses of carrying out the duties imposed by this Article. Each member shall be paid a salary, to be established annually at the budget meeting in June. The clerk to the Game Commission shall receive an annual salary, which shall be established annually at the budget meeting conducted in June. The clerk shall promptly notify the Currituck County Board of Commissioners of all salaries established by the Game Commission at the budget meeting.

(b) The Game Commission may disburse excess funds generated from fees to an organization established as a nonprofit corporation under North Carolina law for the purpose of conservation, habitat enhancement, and waterfowl protection in Currituck County. The board of directors of this corporation shall be appointed by the Game Commission. A member of the Game Commission shall be made a member of the board of directors of this corporation.

(c) Prior to the beginning of the Game Commission's fiscal year, it shall file a copy of its budget for that year with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Within 30 days following receipt of the audit report made after the close of a fiscal year, the Game Commission shall file a copy of the audit report with the Wildlife Resources Commission.  (2026-57, s. 2(a).)