A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend or repeal various environmental reporting requirements, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 77‑98 reads as rewritten:
"§ 77‑98.  Annual report.
The Commission shall submit an annual report, including any recommendations, on or before 1 October of each year to the Governor of North Carolina, the Environmental Review Commission of the General Assembly of North Carolina, the Governor of Virginia, and the General Assembly of Virginia."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 106‑744 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106‑744.  Purchase of agricultural conservation easements; establishment of North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund and Advisory Committee.
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(i)	The Advisory Committee shall report no later than May 1 of each year to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Environmental Review Commission, and the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Natural and Economic Resources regarding the activities of the Advisory Committee, the agriculture easements purchased, and agricultural projects funded during the previous year.
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SECTION 3.  G.S. 130A‑310.57 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑310.57.  (For expiration date – see note) Report on plan.
The Department shall submit an annual report to the Environmental Review Commission on the mercury minimization plan on or before November 1. The report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1)	A detailed description and documentation of the capture rate achieved.
(2)	In the event that a capture rate of at least ninety percent (90%) is not achieved, a description of additional or alternative actions that may be implemented to improve the mercury minimization plan and its implementation.
(3)	The number of mercury switches collected, the number of end‑of‑life vehicles containing mercury switches, the number of end‑of‑life vehicles processed for recycling, and a description of how the mercury switches were managed.
(4)	A statement that details the costs required to implement the mercury minimization plan."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.