A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to DELETE OR repeal various environmental and natural resources reporting requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 74‑54.1(c) is repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 113‑175.6 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 113‑182.1(e) reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑182.1.  Fishery Management Plans.
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(e)	The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall monitor progress in the development and adoption of Fishery Management Plans in relation to the Schedule for development and adoption of the plans established by the Marine Fisheries Commission. The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations within 30 days of the completion or substantial revision of each proposed Fishery Management Plan. The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations shall review each proposed Fishery Management Plan within 30 days of the date the proposed Plan is submitted by the Secretary. The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations may submit comments and recommendations on the proposed Plan to the Secretary within 30 days of the date the proposed Plan is submitted by the Secretary."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 143‑215.3A reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑215.3A.  Water and Air Quality Account; use of application and permit fees; Title V Account; I & M Air Pollution Control Account; reports.
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(c)	The Department shall report to the Environmental Review Commission and the Fiscal Research Division on the cost of the State's environmental permitting programs contained within the Department on or before 1 November of each year. The report shall include, but is not limited to, fees set and established under this Article, fees collected under this Article, revenues received from other sources for environmental permitting and compliance programs, changes made in the fee schedule since the last report, anticipated revenues from all other sources, interest earned and any other information requested by the General Assembly."
SECTION 5.  G.S. 143‑215.108(g) is repealed.
SECTION 6.  G.S. 143B‑279.15 is repealed.
SECTION 7.  G.S. 143B‑289.44(d) is repealed.
SECTION 8.  G.S. 143B‑344.38 is repealed.
SECTION 9.  G.S. 159I‑29 is repealed.
SECTION 10.  Section 15.42 of S.L. 1997‑443 is repealed.
SECTION 11.  Section 11 of S.L. 2002‑4, as amended by Section 12 of S.L. 2006‑79 and Section 12 of S.L. 2002‑4, is repealed.
SECTION 12.  Section 2.3 of S.L. 2007‑485 is repealed.
SECTION 13.  This act is effective when it becomes law.