AN ACT to clarify the effective date of a provision limiting the applicability of the state environmental policy act to projects receiving economic incentive payments.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  If Senate Bill 778 becomes law, then Section 2 of the bill is rewritten to read:
"SECTION 2. This act becomes effective June 1, 2010, but does not apply to any project that was the subject of pending litigation or orders issued by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to that date concerning the application of the State Environmental Policy Act to projects receiving economic incentives."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010