GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 705

Short Title:      EMC Oversight of DEQ Studies.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Bradford, Riddell, and Millis (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Regulatory Reform

April 11, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for heightened oversight by the Environmental Management Commission of certain statutorily mandated reports.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑282(a)(1) is amended by adding a new sub‑subdivision to read:

"w. To identify, review, and assess reports prepared by the Department of Environmental Quality that are required by an act of the General Assembly and that the Commission finds would have a significant public interest and to include that assessment in its report to the Environmental Review Commission under subsection (b) of this section."

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