GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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SENATE BILL 1339

Short Title:     Delay Ecosystem Enhancement Program Fees.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Jenkins;  Hoyle, Kerr, Stevens, and Weinstein.
Referred to:	Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

March 26, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to delay the effective date of a proposed rule considered for adoption by the environmental management commission to increase certain fees under the ecosystem enhancement program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The effective date of the proposed rule noticed in 21 N.C. Reg. 1086 (December 15, 2006) to 15A NCAC 2R .0402 (Schedule of Fees) is delayed until the following:

(a)       The submission of the final report on the study of the merger of the Ecological Enhancement Program and the Clean Water Management Trust Fund required by Section 16 of S.L. 2006‑248 to the Environmental Review Commission and the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.

(b)       The submission of the final report on the study of the Nutrient Offset Payment Program required by Section 3 of S.L. 2006‑215 to the Environmental Review Commission.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.