GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 175

Short Title:  Mining on Federal Land.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Jordan.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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February 9, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION THAT PREVENTED THE STATE FROM REGULATING MINING ON FEDERAL LAND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 74-67 reads as rewritten:
"§ 74-67.  Exemptions.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to those activities of the Department of Transportation, nor of any person, firm, or corporation acting under contract with said Department of Transportation, on highway rights-of-way or borrow pits maintained solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the public road systems of North Carolina; provided, that this exemption shall not become effective until the Department of Transportation shall have adopted reclamation standards applying to such activities and such standards have been approved by the Mining Commission.  "
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.