A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the environmental review commission to study North carolina's solid waste disposal tax.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Environmental Review Commission shall study North Carolina's solid waste disposal tax imposed under Article 5G of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. In conducting this study, the Commission shall examine (i) a detailed history of the annual revenue generated from the tax, and its distribution over time to the Department of Environmental Quality and local governments; (ii) a detailed history of expenditures by the Department of Environmental Quality of tax proceeds received to date, including to whom and for what purposes the expenditures were made; (iii) all work completed by the Department of Environmental Quality using proceeds of the tax, including detailed information on the location of sites at which work was performed, and a summary of the status of said sites; (iv) plans for future work to be conducted by the Department of Environmental Quality using proceeds of the tax, including detailed information on sites to be addressed, and proposed schedules for work; (v) the current balance of the Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund; and (vi) any other issue the Commission deems relevant. The Environmental Review Commission shall report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the 2018 Regular Session of the 2017 General Assembly upon its convening.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.