GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 413*
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/19/91

Short Title:  Increase Air Quality Civil Penalty.	(Public)
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April 1, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTY WHICH MAY BE ASSESSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF AIR QUALITY STANDARDS OR LIMITATIONS AND TO CORRECT A CROSS-REFERENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-215.114A(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	A civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be assessed by the Secretary against any person who:
(1)	Violates any classification, standard or limitation established pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107;
(2) 	Is required but fails to apply for or to secure a permit required by G.S. 143-215.108 or who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of such permit;
(3) 	Violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any special order or other appropriate document issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.110;
(4) 	Fails to file, submit, or make available, as the case may be, any documents, data or reports required by this Article;
(5)	Violates a rule of the Commission or a local governing body implementing this Article; or
(6)	Violates the offenses set out in G.S. 143-215.114B."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to violations which occur on or after the date this act becomes effective.