GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 576

 

 

Short Title:        Amend Environmental Laws ‑ 1.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative McElraft (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Environment, if favorable, Finance.

April 6, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to AMEND CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 130A‑309.82 reads as rewritten:

"§ 130A‑309.82.  Use of disposal tax proceeds by counties.

Article 5C of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes imposes a tax on new white goods to provide funds for the management of discarded white goods. A county must use the proceeds of the tax distributed to it under that Article for the management of discarded white goods. goods and electronic devices, as that term is defined in G.S. 130A‑309.131. The purposes for which a county may use the tax proceeds include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)        Capital improvements for infrastructure to manage discarded white goods, goods and electronic devices, such as concrete pads for loading, equipment essential for moving white goods, goods and electronic devices, storage sheds for equipment essential to white goods goods and electronic devices disposal management, and freon extraction equipment.

(2)        Operating costs associated with managing discarded white goods, goods and electronic devices, such as labor, transportation, and freon extraction.

(3)        The cleanup of illegal white goods goods and electronic devices disposal sites, the cleanup of illegal disposal sites consisting of more than fifty percent (50%) discarded white goods, and, as to those illegal disposal sites consisting of fifty percent (50%) or less discarded white goods, the cleanup of the discarded white goods portion of the illegal disposal sites.sites.

Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, a county may not use the tax proceeds for a capital improvement or operating expense that does not directly relate to the management of discarded white goods. goods or electronic devices. Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, if a capital improvement or operating expense is partially related to the management of discarded white goods, goods and electronic devices, a county may use the tax proceeds to finance a percentage of the costs equal to the percentage of the use of the improvement or expense directly related to the management of discarded white goods.goods or electronic devices."

SECTION 1.(b)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2015.