Conserving resources by advancing waste reduction and recycling throughout the Carolinas since 1989.

 

NC LEGISLATION 2007 - 2008

 

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  • This year is a very active and exciting one for recycling and solid waste bills in the NC General Assembly!  Some newly introduced bills may represent significant opportunities for positive political action by our organization (see NC Bills).

 

  • The CRA Policy Committee is very busy analyzing these bills with regard to their potential to impact recycling in North Carolina.  In order to make informed policy recommendations to the CRA Board of Directors which reflect the best interests of our membership, the committee would like to receive feedback from our members. 

 

  • Note that S1553 (electronics) has now been rolled into S1492, an omnibus bill largely focused on landfills—this controversial bill is of particular interest to stakeholders. (S1492 is currently being debated in stakeholders meetings in the form of a proposed committee substitute.)

 

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We hope you will find the time to become active in voicing your opinions during this legislative session.

 

Additional information on all Bills can be found on the NC General Assembly web site.

 

Please send comments to:  policy@cra-recycle.org

 

 

NC Bills

 

Bill # Title Sponsor(s) Co-sponsors Committee assigned CRA Position
S215 Litter Reduction Act of 2007 Berger Cowell; Goss; Graham; Kinnaird Commerce (Small Business); then Finance  
           
S591 Option to Stop Delivery of Phone Books Cowell Atwater; Berger; Graham; Hunt; Kinnaird; Malone; Nesbitt; Snow; Stevens Commerce (Small Business) Defeated in Committee
           
S1133 County/City Solid Waste Collection Clodfelter   Finance  
H1229 County/City Solid Waste Collection Gibson; Malone Faison Local Government; then Judiciary I; then Finance  
           
H1134 Cleanup of Abandoned Manufacturerd Homes Haire; Allen; Tolson; Justice Coates; Faison; Luebke Environment and Natural Resources; then Finance Requires further study.
S1255 Cleanup of Abandoned Manufacturerd Homes Rand   Commerce (Small Business) Requires further study.
           
H1779 Revised Dist. Of Scrap Tire Disposal Tax Gibson; Allen   Finance; then Appropriations  
S1472 Revised Dist. Of Scrap Tire Disposal Tax Albertson Allran; Kerr; Kinnaird Finance  
           
S1492 Solid Waste Management Act of 2007 Clodfelter Albertson Ag/Env; then Finance Pending review of changes.
H1233 Solid Waste Management Act of 2007 Gibson; Allen; Harrison Faison; Insko Environment and Natural Resources; then Finance Pending review of changes.
           
H1777 Recovery of Certain I.T. Equipment Gibson   Science and Tech; then Environment and Natural Resources  
S1525 Recovery of Certain I.T. Equipment Hagan; Apodaca; Berger; Brown; Garrou; Hartsell; Hoyle; Jones; Rand; Snow Commerce (Small Business)  
           
S1553 Recycling Discarded Computer Equipment Cowell Snow Commerce (Small Business) Included in S1492
           
H1394 Study Increasing Glass/Plastic Recycling Tolson; Wray; Crawford; Farmer-Butterfield Alexander; Mobley; Faison; Harrison; Luebke; Wainwright; Weiss Rules, Calendar, and Operations of House
Support
           
H1673 Litter Prevention and Control Study Allen; Carney; Underhill Dickson; Harrison; Hurley; Moore; Saunders; Wainwright Rules, Calendar, and Operations of House Neutral
           
H1699 Option to Stop Junk Mail Fisher Alexander; Faison; Harrison; Samuelson Judiciary I Requires further study.
           
H1776 ABC Recycling Amendments Gibson Harrison Environment and Nat Resources; then Judiciary I  
           
H1846 Credit for Recycling Vegetable Oil Talreton Faison; Rapp; Samuelson Energy and Energy Efficiency; then Finance  
           
H1867 Litter Prevention and Education Funds Allen; Carney; Justice Underhill   Support