Environmental Bills That Passed in 2007
NC Conservation Network,
Sept. 1, 2007
Air
H1646, Increase Penalties
for Air Pollution,
Lucy Allen (Franklin-D), Pryor Gibson (Anson-D); co: Brown, Faison, Harrison,
Insko, Weiss. Increases maximum penalties for violating various air pollution
standards, permits and emission limits from $10,000 to $25,000 per day. SL
2007-296.
H1758, Mercury Switch
Removal Prgm. Amends,
Lucy Allen (Franklin-D), Pryor Gibson (Anson-D); co: Faison Makes amendments to
the statute adopted last year which requires auto scrap recyclers to remove
mercury-containing switches from cars before recycling them. The bill modifies
reporting requirements, references coordination with pending federal switch
recovery program, and includes a requirement that cars that have had switches
removed be marked to make facilitate enforcement. SL 2007-142.
H1912, School Bus Retrofits
in Nonattainment Areas, Ruth Samuelson (Mecklenburg-R), Jim Harrell (Surry-D), Grier Martin
(Wake-D), Jeff Barnhart (Cabarrus-R); co: Adams, Alexander, Avila, Blackwood,
Braxton, Brown, Carney, Coleman, Cotham, Current, Faison, Glazier, Gulley,
Harrison, Holliman, Hurley, Jeffus, Jones, Justus, Killian, McGee, Rapp, Ross,
Stam, Tarleton, Thomas, Walend, Weiss, Wiley, Wilkins, Wray, Yongue.
Establishes a pilot program to retrofit school buses in the 24 counties that
are not meeting federal air quality standards (are in “non-attainment”) with
pollution control devices for particulates and crank shaft ventilation. SL
2007-465.
S509, Motor Vehicle
Inspection Failure/Reinspection, Harry Brown (Onslow-R). Extends the window a vehicle
owner can have their car reinspected and lowers emissions violation penalties.
SL 2007-364.
S617, Mecklenburg County
Carpooling Exemption,
Goodall (Union-R). Allows Mecklenburg County employees who use county vehicles
for work to also use them for carpooling. SL 2007-136.
Energy
H177, Comm.
Coll./Participate in Energy Loan Prog., Joe Tolson (Edgecombe-D). Authorizes community
colleges to get energy improvement loans. SL 2007-476.
H1097, Local Energy
Efficiency Incentives,
Verla Insko (Orange-D). Allows Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington, Carrboro and
Chapel Hill to provide development incentives, such as allowing higher density
development, in exchange for significant energy conservation measures. SL
2007-241.
H1702, Conserve
Energy/Insulate Hot Water Plumbing, Bill Faison (Orange-D), Lucy Allen (Franklin- D).
Directs the Building Code Council to study whether to require hot water pipes
in new construction to be insulated. It costs $120 to insulate the average
house, and would result in savings of $117 in the first year. SL 2007-542.
HJR1976, Gruber
Confirmation,
Drew Saunders (Mecklenburg-D). Confirms Robert Gruber as
Executive Director of the Public
Staff of the NC Utilities Commission through June 30, 2013, as appointed by
Governor Easley. SL 2007-48.
S3, Promote Renewable
Energy / Baseload Generation, Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D). Creates a 12.5%
Renewable and Efficiency Portfolio Standard for investor-owned utilities to
achieve by 2021 (10% for other power providers), including set-asides for
solar, hog waste and poultry liter incineration. Also provides baseload
financing incentives for new coal and nuclear power plants, and a tax break on
energy for manufacturers and farmers. Also requires computer manufacturers to
establish take-back computer recycling programs. SL 2007-397.
SJR225, Confirm Edward
Finley to Utilities Comm., R.C. Soles (Columbus-D). Final legislative
approval for Governor Easley’s
appointment of Edward Finley to replace Jo Anne Sanford on the NC Utilities
Commission. RES 2007-16.
S530, Raleigh/Contracts
Exemption,
Janet Cowell (Wake-D). Facilitates Raleigh’s pilot program to install high
efficiency LED lighting by exempting them from competitive bidding
requirements. Also allows Raleigh to raise vehicle tax from $5 to $20. SL
2007-333.
S581, Building Permit
Rebates/Reductions,
Dan Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D). This bill authorizes local governments to
provide building permit reductions or rebates to builders who build to a
nationally recognized green building standard, such as LEED or Green Globe. SL
2007-381
S668, Energy Conservation
in State Buildings,
Janet Cowell (Wake-D); co: Albertson, Atwater, D. Berger, Brock, Dalton,
Foriest, Garrou, Goss, Graham, Hartsell, Jones, Kinnaird, Malone, Nesbitt,
Pittenger, Purcell, Queen, Snow, Stevens, Swindell. Requires new and renovated
state-owned buildings (including university and community colleges) to be
constructed to meet high performance building standards and reduce water
consumption. Also requires the state to conduct energy audits every 5 years,
and requires life-cycle cost analysis for state building projects. SL 2007-546.
S670, Use of Solar
Collectors, Janet
Cowell (Wake-D). Prohibits local ordinances, deed restrictions or covenants
from prohibiting solar panels on single family homes beginning October 1, 2007.
SL 2007-279.
S1178, Master Meter for
Electric/Natural Gas,
Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D). Allows use of master meters in hotels that have
been converted to condominiums. SL 2007-98.
Energy - Transportation
S567, Allow Distribution of
E-Blend Fuel, Walter
Dalton (Rutherford-D). Allows ethanol-blend fuel to be dispensed from equipment
that meets the requirements for gasoline dispensing equipment. SL 2007- 82.
S1272, Motor Fuel Tax
Exemption for Biofuels, John Snow (Cherokee-D). Provides a tax credit for biodiesel
producers, and to exempt small home-brew biodiesel producers from the motor
fuel excise tax; currently those who make biodiesel for their personal use have
to register with the state, meter their use, and pay the excise tax. The bill
also designates the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency for biofuel
issues. SL 2007-524.
S1277, State Diesel
Vehicles Warranties/B20 Fuel, John Snow (Cherokee-D). Even though biodiesel can be
used directly in any diesel engine safely, some vehicle manufacturers will void
a warranty if biodiesel is used. This bill requires that diesel vehicles
purchased by the state have a manufacturer warranty that covers the vehicle if
biodiesel in a 20% blend with diesel (B20) is used. SL 2007-420.
S1452, Diesel School Buses
to Use Minimum B-20 Fuel, John Snow (Cherokee-D); co: Allran.
Requires that all diesel school
buses also be capable of running on biodiesel in a minimum 20% blend (B-20). SL
2007-423.
Coastal
H429, Canal Dredging
Fee/Brunswick Fire Fee, Bonner Stiller (Brunswick-R). Authorizes Ocean Isle, Emerald Isle
and Holden Beach to set canal dredging fees based on the footage of property
fronting the water. Also modifies fire protection fees in Brunswick County. SL
2007-335.
H942, Oak Island Beach
Nourishment Project,
Bonner Stiller (Brunswick-R). Authorizes the Town of Oak Island to charge
property owners for beach nourishment projects prior to their construction in
order to have funds to meet local match requirements, with the caveat that the
funds would be returned if the projects are not contracted within 4 years. SL
2007-161.
H1017, Brunswick Menhaden
Restrictions,
Bonner Stiller (Brunswick-R), Dewey Hill (Columbus-D); co: Daughtridge,
Folwell, Gulley, Justice, Killian McGee, Samuelson, Steen. Restricts fishing
for menhaden with purse seine nets off the coast of Brunswick County from May
through October. SL 2007-320.
S103, Various Special
License Plates,
Eddie Goodall (Union-R). Among other things, this bill increases the fee for
the NC Coastal Federation’s special license plate by $5.00. SL 2007-483.
S646, Enact Waterfront
Access Study Comm. Recommendations/Funds, Charlie Albertson (Duplin- D). Promotes traditional
coastal uses in the face of rampant coastal development by allowing piers and
fish houses to get the lower “present use value” tax rate, creates an advisory
committee on working waterfront access, directs DOT to consider access issues,
raises boating fees, and waives emergency CAMA permit fees. SL 2007-485.
S1453, Oyster
Shells/Highway Beautification, Clark Jenkins (Edgecombe-D); Albertson, Boseman,
Soles, Swindell, Weinstein. Prohibits the use of oyster shells as ground cover
along highways, directing them instead to be provided to the Division of Marine
Fisheries for building oyster habitat. Senate Transportation. SL 2007-84.
Land / Habitat Conservation
/ Recreation
H463, Conservation Tax
Credit Modifications,
Paul Luebke (Durham-D); co: Blust, Brubaker, Carney, Church, Faison, Fisher,
Glazier, Harrison, Hill, Rapp, Wainwright, Weiss, and Wilkins. Currently a tax
credit is available for property donations for public access and fish or
wildlife conservation. This bill extends the tax credit to include donation of
property for a broad array of land conservation uses, and extends eligibility
for the credit to pass-through entities. SL 2007-309.
H862, Amend Plant
Protection and Conservation Act, Dewey Hill (Columbus-D); co: Faison. Makes various
changes to this Act, including authorizing Plant Conservation Board to
establish permit fees, clarifying that Scientific Committee of the Board may
review and comment on state projects that may impact plant habitat but their approval
is not required, changes one position on the Scientific Committee from one of
three specified non-profits to a more generic “conservation organization,” and
changes violations from Class 3 to Class 2 misdemeanor. SL 2007-456.
H1499, Property Tax and PUV
Changes/Studies,
Grier Martin (Wake-D), Hugh Holliman (Davidson-D), Ray Warren (Alexander-D),
Braxton (Lenoir-D). Authorizes the Revenue Laws Study Committee to study
proposals to allow present use value tax status for lands managed for wildlife
as well as two other studies of possible tax incentives for farmland
preservation and for perpetual easements, and creates a new category of present
use value for aquaculture. The bill also includes a ‘circuit-breaker’ provision
allowing low-income retirees and permanently disabled residents to defer
property taxes so they can stay in their homes. SL 2007-497.
H1724, State Nat. &
Hist. Pres. Addns. & Removals, Bob England (Rutherford-D). A procedural bill that
dedicates all lands acquired by the state since the last dedication as part of
the State Nature and Historic Preserve. This adds about 20,000 acres, including
Chimney Rock State Park, and also disposes of some small parcels to allow for
road relocation or utility easements. SL 2007-307.
S153, Mattamuskeet Lodge
Maintenance,
A.B. Swindell (Nash-D). Transfers responsibility of the lodge from the federal
government to the Wildlife Resources Commission and allows use of renovations
reserve account funds. SL 2007-13.
S1383, Allow Cyclists to
Use Public Lands,
Clark Jenkins (Edgecombe-D). Establishes a process by which bicyclists can
enter into agreements with DENR to develop cycling trails on state land. SL
2007- 449.
S1431, Deep River / State
Park Adds./Parks Authority Members, Bob Atwater (Chatham-D).
Authorizes the addition of Deep
River State Trail in Randolph, Moore, Lee, and Chatham counties to the State
Parks System. Also adds 4 members to the Parks and Recreation Authority – 2
Governor appointees and one each by the House and Senate. SL 2007-437.
Land Use / Development
H1213, Cary Multifamily
Development/Recreational Land Jennifer Weiss (Wake-D). Authorizes the Town of Cary to
require developers of multifamily developments to provide funds for
recreational land to serve residents. SL 2007-321.
H1217, Navassa Annexation
Agreement,
Bonner Stiller (Brunswick-R), Dewey Hill (Columbus-D). Authorizes this Town of
Navassa to accept payment ($1.2 million over 10 years) in exchange for not
annexing a 615 acre tract of land owned by DAK Americas LLC, a chemical
factory. SL 2007-314.
S609, Chatham Recreation
Exaction Fee, Bob Atwater (Chatham-D). Allows Chatham County to enter into development
agreements requiring developers to fund recreational lands. Chatham County
already has authority for development agreements, but this changes purposes for
which fee can be used. SL 2007-339.
S831, Wireless
Telecommunication Facilities, David Hoyle (Gaston-D). This bill limits the ability
of local governments to regulate cell phone towers. SL 2007-526.
S1152, Interest on
Illegally Levied Exactions, David Hoyle (Gaston-D). States that if a city or county illegally
exacts a fee (such as an impact fee on developers) and, following a court case,
has to pay it back later, the local government must pay it back with 6% interest.
SL 2007-371.
S1167, Notify County Before
State Land Acquisition, Katie Dorsett (Guilford-D); co: Graham.
Requires the state to give
notice to counties before they acquire, through purchase or gift, land in the
county with an appraised value over $25,000. SL 2007-396.
S1313, Zoning Near State
Capitol, Janet
Cowell (Wake-D). Preempts the City of Raleigh’s zoning of state owned buildings
within 6 blocks of the state capitol. This will, for instance, override the
City’s requirement that the Jones St. parking deck be mixed-use. The deck is to
serve the Green Square Project which will house DENR and a Museum of Natural
Sciences expansion. SL 2007-482.
S1482, Municipal ETJ Street
Standards, Dan
Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D). Requires developers who build streets in
subdivisions within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to
either certify that the street will be maintained by DOT or meet standards
prescribed by the municipality. It seems to stem from a situation in Charlotte
and a negotiated agreement between the Attorney General’s office, DOT and the
City of Charlotte. SL 2007-440.
Toxics
H36, Hazardous Materials
Task Force Recommendations, Jennifer Weiss (Wake-D), Deborah Ross(Wake-D), Ty Harrell
(Wake-D), Nelson Dollar (Wake-R). This bill tightens hazardous waste facility
rules and regulations by implementing most of the recommendations from the
Governor’s Task Force established in response to the Apex hazardous waste
facility fire in 2006. SL 2007-107.
S1362, Amend Dry-Cleaning
Solvent Cleanup Act,
Dan Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D). Increases the annual cap for spending on
cleanup of sites contaminated by dry-cleaning solvent, revises the copayment
scheme and creates a one-time application fee; allows DENR to use part of the
fund for investigating potentially contaminated sites; authorizes the EMC to
reject applications made by dry cleaners with bad compliance records; clarifies
that cleanup will be conducted by independent contractors of the Environmental
Management Commission; and gives authority for the EMC to adopt temporary rules
in the event that its proposed permanent rules (which were approved by the EMC
in early July) are subject to legislative review. SL 2007-530.
Transportation
H292, Accelerated Yadkin
River Bridge Project,
Lorene Coates (Rowan-D), Fred Steen (Rowan-R). Authorizes the Turnpike
Authority to study and conduct preliminary design work of a toll bridge over
the Yadkin between Davidson and Rowan counties to replace the existing bridge.
SL 2007-299.
H513, Charlotte/Transit Procurements
& Contracts, Saunders
(Mecklenburg-D). Amends the City of Charlotte charter to give them more
flexibility in awarding contracts for transit projects and facilities. SL
2007-205.
H802, Contract Power/DOT, Margaret Dickson
(Cumberland-D); co: Alexander, Allen, Current. Gives DOT authority to contract
for infrastructure improvements, and authorizes them to contract for litter
removal from roadside right-of-ways. SL 2007-439.
H1005, Various
Transportation Changes/Study, Nelson Cole (Rockingham-D). After severe flooding
during Hurricane Floyd which washed out bridges and damaged associated
infrastructure like power lines and sewer lines, DOT began a practice of
elevating their bridges over streams. This bill contains a provision that
undoes that policy by requiring DOT to construct bridges to accommodate the 100
year flood level, which, in the coastal plain especially, is not strong enough.
The bill further says bridges shall be built “without regard for riparian
buffer zones” and expressly prohibits rules or agreements between departments
contrary to this mandate. SL 2007-551.
Waste / Recycling
H267, ABC Law Changes, Pryor Gibson (Anson-D). Among
other things, this bill tweaks the law
requiring bars to recycle
beverage containers by delaying the effective date to 2009, requiring ABC
permittees to submit recycling plans and saying permits cannot be revoked for
failure to comply. SL 2007- 402.
H1456, Solid Waste
Management Authority Property, Alice Underhill (Craven-D), William Wainwright
(Craven-D). Gives the state’s two solid waste management authorities the
ability to purchase specialized equipment outside the normal low-bid
procurement process. SL 2007-131.
S6, Amend Solid Waste
Management Act of 2007, David Hoyle (Gaston-D). Gives landfill companies compensation for
money they’ve spent (excluding land and lobbying costs) planning their
landfills which would not be able to be built due to the buffer restrictions in
S1492; the funds come off the top of the $2.00 per ton tipping fee enacted in
S1492. Also redistributes a portion of the tipping fee revenues directly to
counties and cities based on population. SL 2007-543.
S1472, Revised Dist. of
Scrap Tire Disposal Tax, Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D); co: Allran, Kerr,
Kinnaird. Makes some slight
adjustments in how proceeds of the scrap tire disposal tax are distributed,
increasing allocations to counties and the solid waste management trust fund,
and decreasing funds to the scrap tire disposal account. SL 2007-153.
S1492, Solid Waste
Management Act of 2007, Dan Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D); co: Albertson. Reforms the solid
waste landfill permitting process in a broad number of ways, including
increasing financial assurances from landfill companies, requiring
environmental review for siting landfills, establishing a 200 foot buffer from
streams and wetlands, and other buffers from various public lands, requiring
liners on construction/demolition landfills, implementing a $2.00 statewide
tipping fee to provide funds to cleanup old contaminated dump sites and
recycling programs, and requiring computer manufactures to implement recycling
programs for their products. SL 2007-550.
Water Quality
H810, Clarify Animal Waste
Technical Specialist Req., Pryor Gibson (Anson-D), Lucy Allen (Franklin-D). Clarifies the training
requirements for animal waste technical specialists, extends the pilot project
for annual inspections of animal waste systems to 2009, and clarifies water
quality enforcement provisions. SL 2007-536.
H859, Nutrient Offset
Program Transition,
Pryor Gibson (Anson-D), Lucy Allen (Franklin-D). Last year, at the behest of
the developers, the legislature reversed the Environmental Management
Commission’s fee increase for the nutrient offset program, reverting the fees
to their lower inadequate amount while the issue was studied. Based on the
study, this bill sets the fee at around $28 per pound for nitrogen in the
Neuse, $22 for nitrogen in the Tar-Pam, and $28 for phosphorous in the Tar-Pam,
and directs DENR to transition to a program based on actual cost of mitigation.
SL 2007-438.
S1465, Swine Farm Env.
Performance Standards,
Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D); co: Allran, Apodaca, Atwater, Berger of
Rockingham, Blake, Brock, Brown, Brunstetter, Clodfelter, Cowell, Dalton,
Dannelly, East, Foriest, Forrester, Garrou, Graham, Hoyle, Hunt, Jacumin,
Jenkins, Jones, Kerr, Kinnaird, Nesbitt, Pittenger, Preston, Purcell, Queen,
Rand, Shaw, Smith, Snow, Stevens, Swindell, Tillman, and Weinstein. This bill
establishes environmental performance standards that new or expanded hog waste
management systems must meet, effectively making the ban on new
lagoon/sprayfield systems permanent and funds a cost-share grant program to
help farmers convert their lagoons to cleaner technologies. Also authorizes a
pilot project of 50 farms capturing methane from existing lagoons to sell for
energy production, and includes a provision that allows failing lagoons to be
replaced if the lagoon poses an imminent hazard to public health or the
environment. SL 2007-523.
S1468, Promote Innovative
Water Protection Efforts, Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D); co: Atwater, Hunt, Kinnaird. Adds
innovative stormwater management planning or research projects to the list of
things the Clean Water Management Trust Fund can fund. Intended to facilitate
NC State University’s purchase of land for a golf course on the Albermarle
Sound in Columbia (Tyrrell County). SL 2007-549.
Water Allocation
H820, Amend Interbasin
Transfer Laws,
Lucy Allen (Franklin-D), Pryor Gibson (Anson-D). Makes significant changes to
the Environmental Management Commission’s process for evaluating and awarding
interbasin transfer certificates for water transfers from one river basin to
another, and calls for a comprehensive study of surface water allocation issues
by 2009. The bill exempts several eastern counties that are dealing with
groundwater supply issues from the new process for a few years, and also does
not affect the controversial Concord-Kannapolis transfer. SL 2007-518.
Water Infrastructure
H401, County Water/Sewer
District Financing, James
Langdon (Johnston-R); co: Daughtry, Faison. Allows county water and sewer
districts to engage in installment purchase financing. SL 2007-226
H1370, Clean Water Grants, Alice Underhill (Craven-D),
William Wainwright (Craven-D); co: Faison, Wray. This bill would make
wastewater planning and technical assistance grants exempt from the ‘highunit-
cost threshold’ which requires that the average fee per household exceed a
certain percentage of median household income. SL 2007-185.
S403, Charlotte/Water and
Sewer Facilities, Dan
Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D). Allows the city to
consider more than cost in
awarding contracts for design, building and operation of water and sewer
facilities. SL 2007-312.
Wildlife
H203, Extend Johnston
Rabbit Season,
Leo Daughtry (Johnston-R). Extends rabbit hunting season in Johnston County to
be the same as other counties. SL 2007-64.
H571, Moore County Fox and
Coyote Trapping, Joe
Boylan (Moore-R). Establishes a season for hunting foxes and coyotes in Moore,
Cumberland and Harnett counties and establishes a bag limit for foxes. SL
2007-11.
H1176, Tyrrell County
Hunting, Bill
Owens (Pasquotank-D). Prevents reckless use of firearms or bow and arrow, and
regulates hunting along State roadsides. SL 2007-273.
H1185, Johnston County Fox
Hunting, James
Langdon (Johnston-R); co: Daughtry. Establishes a season for fox hunting in
Johnston County, with no requirements for tagging and no bag limit. SL 2007-47.
S50, Reciprocity of
Disabled Hunting Licenses, Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D). Directs WRC to
investigate the potential for
agreements with other states for the reciprocal honoring of hunting and fishing
licenses for the disabled. SL 2007-2.
S361, Waiver of
Enforcement/No-Wake Zones, Jean Preston (Carteret-R); co: Boseman, Brown, Soles. Allows the
Wildlife Resources Commission to temporarily waive enforcement of a no-wake
zone upon petition by a local government. SL 2007-46.
S363, Ashe/Trapping of
Raccoons, Steve
Goss (Watauga-D). Establishes a season for raccoons in Ashe County, conditions
on use of leghold traps. SL 2007-52.
S364, Ashe/Trapping of
Foxes, Steve
Goss (Watauga-D). Establishes a season for hunting foxes in Ashe County, with
conditions on use of leghold traps and a bag limit. SL 2007-51.
S473, Stanly/No Hunting on
Private Property,
Bill Purcell (Scotland-D). Makes it illegal to hunt on someone’s property
without written permission or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. SL
2007-264.
S493, Bertie County Hunting, Ed Jones (Halifax-D).
Regulates hunting along public roads and requires written permission to hunt,
fish or trap on private land in Bertie County. SL 2007-313.
S1246, Prohibit Baiting of
Bears, Clark
Jenkins (Edgecombe-D). Prohibits baiting black bears during open season by
placing processed foods in areas frequented by bears. SL 2007-96.
S1303, Mountain Heritage
Trout Waters Program,
Joe Sam Queen (Haywood-D). Establishes a program by which people can get a
short-term license to fish for trout in heritage public mountain trout waters
that run through cities and towns. SL 2007-408.
S1365, Amend Wildlife
Conservation Account,
Kay Hagan (Guilford-D). As originally introduced, would have made the Wildlife
Conservation Account non-reverting so that all funds remain until expended, but
the final bill instead credits any interest earned to the account. SL 2007-448.
S1464, Amend Wildlife
Management Laws,
A.B. Swindell (Nash-D). Makes various changes to wildlife resources laws:
authorizes the WRC to write emergency rules to respond to disease threats, allows
taking of beaver with bow and arrow, requires hunters during deer firearm
hunting season to wear hunter orange, prohibits feeding alligators, allows the
use of electronic calling devices for snow geese and calls for a study of
tracking of wounded deer after legal hunting hours. SL 2007-401.
Other
H714, Budget Technical
Corrections 2007,
Mickey Michaux (Durham-D), Alma Adams (Guilford-D), Martha Alexander
(Mecklenburg-D), Jim Crawford (Granville-D). The annual budget technical
corrections bill contains a provision, added in the Senate, allowing the
Aquariums Fund to be used for capital projects. SL 2007-345.
H1473, 2007 Appropriations
Act, Mickey
Michaux (Durham-D), Jim Crawford (Granville-D), Douglas Yongue (Scotland-D);
co: Adams, Alexander, Haire, Jeffus, Tolson. The state budget. SL 2007-323.
H1556, 2007 Speaker’s and
President Pro Tem’s Appointments. Annual bill making appointments to various
commissions. See above for a summary. SL 2007-343.
S844, Amend Environmental
Laws 2007/Technical Corrections, Charlie Albertson (Duplin-D). The annual omnibus
amendments bill to make changes various changes to existing laws and technical
corrections. The more substantive provisions include: to allow site plans in
place of plats for a well construction permit on a site with a wastewater
system, to require well contractors to complete professional development hours,
and authorizes transplanting certain approved oysters from public to private
beds. SL 2007-495.
S1132, Program Evaluation
by General Assembly,
Dan Clodfelter (Mecklenburg-D). Establishes a Program Evaluation Division and a
Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Commission of 18 appointed
members to evaluate the merits programs and effectiveness of agencies and make
recommendations to improve effectiveness and efficiency in state government. SL
2007-78.