GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 336
HOUSE BILL 746

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY THE USE OF RECYCLING BINS AT HIGHWAY REST AREAS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECYCLING BINS AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS IN RALEIGH, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY THE USE OF RECYCLING BINS AT STATE PARKS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECYCLING BINS AT THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Department of Transportation shall conduct a pilot project to study the use of recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at rest areas located on highways in the Interstate Highway System and in the State highway system.  The pilot project required by this section shall include collection sites at not less than six rest areas across the State.  Collection sites shall be established no later than four months after the date this act becomes effective and shall be operated until 30 June 1993.  The Department of Transportation shall report the results of this study and any recommendations to the Environmental Review Commission and to the 1993 General Assembly on or before 1 February 1993.  The Department shall make an interim report to the Environmental Review Commission on or before 1 February 1992.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-503 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-503.  Board of Agriculture to operate fair.
(a)	The State fair and other projects provided for in G.S. 106-502, shall be managed, operated and conducted by the Board of Agriculture established in G.S. 106-502. To that end, said Board of Agriculture shall, at its first meeting after the ratification of this section, take over said State fair, together with all the lands, buildings, machinery, etc., located thereon, now belonging to said State fair and shall operate said State fair and other projects with all the authority and power conferred upon the former board of directors, and it shall make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the holding and conducting of said fair and other projects, and/or lease said fair properties so as to provide a State fair.
(b)	The Board of Agriculture may adopt regulations establishing fees or charges for admission to the State Fairgrounds and for services provided incidental to the use of the State Fairgrounds.
(c)	The Board of Agriculture, subject to the provisions of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes, may establish a schedule of rental rates for fair properties and specifications for the issuance of premiums so as to provide a State fair and other projects.
(d)	The Board of Agriculture shall provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at the State Fairgrounds."
Sec. 3.  The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall conduct a pilot project to study the use of recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at picnic areas and concessions at parks in the State Park System.  The pilot project required by this section shall include collection sites at not less than six parks across the State.  Collection sites shall be established no later than four months after the date this act becomes effective and shall be operated until 30 June 1993.  The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall report the results of this study and any recommendations to the Environmental Review Commission and to the 1993 General Assembly on or before 1 February 1993.  The Department shall make an interim report to the Environmental Review Commission on or before 1 February 1992.
Sec. 4.  G.S. 130A-309.06(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(12)	Provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at the North Carolina Zoological Park."
Sec. 5.  This act shall not be construed to obligate the General Assembly to make any appropriation to implement the provisions of this act.  Each department and agency to which this act applies shall implement the provisions of this act from funds otherwise appropriated to that department or agency.
Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective 1 July 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives