A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL FEES FOR PERMITS AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO REFLECT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRUE COST OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑215.3A(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	The Department must set the amounts for fees for environmental permits under Articles 21, 21A, 21B, and 38 of this Chapter and fees for compliance programs to the maximum amounts authorized under this Chapter. On or before October 1 of each year, the Secretary must prepare a recommended schedule of these annual environmental permit fees and fees for compliance programs that would generate sufficient revenue to defray the costs of permitting, inspection, compliance monitoring, and enforcement pursuant to this Chapter and rules and orders adopted under this Chapter. The Secretary must submit the schedule to the Environmental Rules Commission. "
SECTION 2.  G.S. 113A‑54.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The fee for the review of an erosion and sedimentation control plan and related compliance activities shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per acre, or portion thereof, of disturbed land as shown on an erosion and sedimentation control plan or of land disturbed during the life of the project, whichever is greater."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective August 1, 2003.