A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To make clarifying, conforming, and technical amendments to various laws related to the environment AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 143B‑344.37(b)(1) reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑344.37.  (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Grant Fund.
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(b)	Purposes. – Funds in the North Carolina Sustainable Communities Grant Fund shall be used, as available, to provide funding to regional bodies, cities, or counties to improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, to increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning and to provide up to fifty percent (50%) of any required local matching funds for recipients of Federal Sustainable Communities Planning Grants and any other federal grants related to sustainable development and requiring local matching funds. In order to receive funds under this section, regions must meet all of the following requirements:
(1)	The regional body, city, or county is a part of a regional sustainable development partnership that includes any of the metro regions as defined in G.S. 143B‑344.38(c). Partnerships may also include any Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Planning Organizations, regional transit agencies, and representation from involved State agencies.
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SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 143B‑344.38 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑344.38.  (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force – reports.
(a)	Beginning in 2011, the Task Force shall report to the Governor, the chairs of the House Committee on Commerce and Job Development,  the Senate Commerce Committee, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations no later than October 1 each year. The report shall include the following elements:
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(b)	Prior to awarding any funding under G.S. 143B‑344.37 and no later than February 1, 2011, the Task Force shall report to the House Committee on Commerce and Job Development and the Senate Commerce Committee regarding the sustainable practices scoring system developed in accordance with G.S. 143B‑344.35(7).
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SECTION 2.  G.S. 143B‑432(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑432.  Transfers to Department of Commerce.
(a)	The Division of Economic Development of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, the Science and Technology Committee of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, and the Science and Technology Research Center of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources are each hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce by a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A‑6."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 18B‑1105(b) reads as rewritten:
"§ 18B‑1105.  Authorization of distillery permit.
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(b)	Distilleries for Fuel Alcohol. – Any person in possession of a Federal Operating Permit pursuant to Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 19 (April 1, 2010 Edition) shall obtain a fuel alcohol permit before manufacturing any alcohol. The permit shall entitle the permittee to perform only those acts allowed by the Federal Operating Permit, and all conditions of the Federal Operating Permit shall apply to the State permit."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.