2002 Legislation Related to Planning, Development, and Land Use Regulation

David W. Owens
Institute of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Updated: 11/4/02

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters that were considered in the 2002 session of the North Carolina General Assembly.

House bills are listed first, followed by Senate bills. The last action taken in each house is indicated. "Comm. favorable" indicates the bill was reported out of committee, but no floor action taken. "Passed" indicates the bill passed in the indicated house. "Conf" indicates the bill was in a conference committee to reconcile differences between House and Senate action, but no report was made prior to adjournment. For bills that have become law, a session law chapter number is included in the last column. For those bills that received an unfavorable committee report or that were not acted on in committee, the House and Senate Action columns are blank. One bill, S. 1283, was vetoed by the Governor on Nov. 3, 2002. The General Assembly may be reconvened to consider the veto.

The 2003 session of the General Assembly will convene at noon on January 29, 2003.

Copies of the texts of all bills, and a current detailed legislative history for each bill, can be obtained through the General Assembly’s Bill Information web site.

Bill Number	Title/Short Description	Identical	House Action	Senate Action	Session Law Chapter No.
H. 522	Allow county economic development authorities			Comm. favorable
H. 556	Increase Lexington occupancy tax		Passed
H. 623	Public construction -- energy saving contracts		Passed	Passed	Ch. 161
H. 644	Create Toll Road and Bridge Authority		Passed	Passed	Ch. 133
H. 1007	Environmental laws technical corrections		Passed	Passed	Ch. 165
H. 1215	Require water conservation element in local water supply plans, EMC rules on water conservation		Passed	Passed	Ch. 167
H. 1219	Authorize Rockingham tree ordinance (formerly Raleigh tree ordinance)		Passed	Passed
H. 1482	Saluda deannexation	S. 1119	Passed	Passed	Ch. 6
H. 1487	Extend limitation on amortization of billboards along federal highways	S. 1138	Passed	Passed	Ch. 11
H. 1492	Require DOT to condemn rights of way for secondary road improvements when owners of majority of frontage have dedicated right of way		Passed	Passed	Ch. 86
H. 1496	Allow Emerald Isle to use eminent domain for erosion control and beach access
H. 1506	Provide tax credits for job creation in grocery stores located in development zones
H. 1516	Revise DOT statutes to require transportation plans instead of thoroughfare plans/revise MPO and RPO statutes	S. 1205	Passed	Passed	Ch. 170
H. 1523	Revise various property tax provisions, including allowing single wide manufactured homes to be taxed as realty		Passed	Passed	Ch. 156
H. 1530	Allow Tabor City to make sidewalk special assessments without a petition	S. 1167
H. 1537	Extend pilot program on animal waste management system inspections and amend various environmental laws		Passed	Passed	Ch. 176
H 1540	Disapprove CAMA regulation on oceanfront setback exception for swimming pools		Passed	Passed	Ch. 116
H. 1541	Require EMC to solicit public comment on Nolichycky basin when updating French Broad basinwide management plan		Passed
H. 1544	Amend CAMA variance provision		Passed	Passed	Ch. 68
H. 1545	Add Elk Knob and Beech Creek Bog to state park system	S. 1226	Passed	Passed	Ch. 89
H. 1565	Establish electronics recycling program
H. 1567	Reduce terms for Asheville housing authority
H. 1568	Revise sedimentation act	S. 1263	Passed
H. 1572	Revise agency environmental reporting requirements	S. 1258	Passed	Passed	Ch. 148
H. 1575	Clarify provisions relative to use of land use restriction in underground storage tank cleanups	S. 1227	Passed	Passed	Ch. 90
H. 1577	Revise property tax classification for some animal waste management systems	S. 1253			{Sen. version adopted}
H. 1584	Extend deadline for hazard mitigation plans to Nov. 1, 2003		Passed	Passed	Ch. 24
H. 1587	Annex property into Farmville		Passed	Passed	Ch. 8
H. 1598	Prohibit annexation of land in Buies Creek Fire and Rescue District without approval of that board	S. 1311
H. 1600	Revise junk car regulation definitions for Albemarle	S. 1273	Passed	Passed	Ch. 80
H. 1604	Allow Bethel to extend ETJ up to two miles (if approved by county)	S. 1288	Passed		{Sen. version adopted}
H. 1640	Allow Duck to regulate personal watercraft, have beautification district re sidewalks; Amend subdivision definition for Chowan County		Passed	Passed	Ch. 141
H. 1662	Annex specified land in Roanoke Rapids and Brunswick		Passed	Passed	Ch. 67
H. 1665	Amend Bill Lee Act re interstate air carriers		Passed	Passed	Ch. 146
H. 1669	Incorporate town of Sunset Harbor in Brunswick County
H. 1670	Increase various fees		Passed
H. 1679	Incorporate village of Ossipee in Alamance County		Passed	Passed	Ch. 137
H. 1684	Deannex specified area from Thomasville		Passed	Passed	Ch. 45
H. 1685	Four Oaks annexation/deannexation		Passed	Passed	Ch. 125
H. 1688	Exempt transfers for electric power generation cooling from interbasin transfer laws
H. 1690	Annex specified territory in Candor and Norwood		Passed	Passed	Ch. 46
H. 1721	Expand low income housing tax credit in counties affected by Hurricane Floyd
H. 1725	Deannex specified area in Pittsboro
H. 1730	Authorize conditional zoning in Greensboro	S. 1390
H. 1731	Allow housing codes to require repair rather than vacate/close dilapidated buildings
H. 1733	Allow Greensboro to construct roads outside city limits	S. 1365
H. 1734	Economic stimulus act -- amends Bill Lee act and creates Job Development and Investment Grant Program	S. 1379	Passed	Passed	Ch. 172
H. 1751	Tourism Development Act		Comm. favorable
H. 1753	Make various amendments to Bill Lee Act		Comm favorable
H. 1761	Authorize use of financing contract to acquire land through Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and Natural Heritage Trust Fund	S. 1464
H. 1772	Establish Roanoke River Basin Interstate Commission


S. 12	Use annual population estimates in reviewing proposed new municipal incorporations	H. 14		Passed
S. 98	2002 studies bill		Passed	Passed	Ch. 180
S. 204	Create Roanoke River Basin Bi-state Commission		Passed	Passed	Ch. 177
S. 347	Study sale of state owned houses now used as offices, limit future use, provide for protection of historic values, proceeds for Executive Mansion maintenance (Blount St. historic district)		Passed	Passed	Ch. 186
S. 639	Establish Deep River Heritage Corridor and provide for management plan			Passed
S. 660	Authorize Chatham County to impose tax on motor vehicles for economic development			Passed
S. 662	Authorize Orange County open burning regulations	H. 932	Passed	Passed	Ch. 117
S. 759	Rail liability		Passed	Passed	Ch. 78
S. 827	Remove sunset for certain provisions of Leaking Underground Storage Tank program	H. 1008		Passed
S. 841	Supplemental appropriations (includes flood hazards area mapping funds)			Passed
S. 855	Exempt certain airport facility projects from basinwide water quality requirements			Passed
S. 1008	Ban video poker machines except on reservations			Passed
S. 1037	No air quality permit required until facility is fully operational		Passed	Passed	Conf
S. 1047	Direct state to develop plan to improve mountain air quality			Passed
S. 1078	Reduce emissions from coal fired power plants		Passed	Passed	Ch. 4
S. 1098	Extend billboard moratorium on I-40			Passed
S. 1114	Adjust Norman boundaries		Passed	Passed	Ch. 124
S. 1115	Budget adjustments for 2002-2003		Passed	Passed	Ch. 126
S. 1119	Saluda deannexation	H. 1482
S. 1132	Ellenboro deannexation		Passed	Passed	Ch. 49
S. 1134	Require all permits be received prior to getting privilege license in Greenville
S. 1136	Marvin and Brunswick satellite annexations		Passed	Passed	Ch. 140
S. 1138	Extend limitation on amortization of billboards along federal highways	H. 1487			{House version adopted}
S. 1146	Exempt Claremont, Concord, Conover, Maiden, Midland, Newton, Sanford, Southport, Swansboro, and Warsaw from 10% limit on area of satellite annexations		Passed	Passed	Ch. 121
S. 1161	Makes numerous amendments to use value taxation standards for agricultural, horticultural, and forestry lands		Passed	Passed	Ch. 184
S. 1167	Allow Tabor City to make sidewalk special assessments without a petition	H. 1530
S. 1190	Allow building permit denial for delinquent taxpayers in Greenville
S. 1205	Revise DOT statutes to require transportation plans instead of thoroughfare plans/revise MPO and RPO statutes	H. 1516
S. 1211	Authorize transfer of state park land at Boone's Cave to county for park use		Passed	Passed	Ch. 149
S. 1217	Technical corrections -- change "adult family care" back to "family care" re group homes and zoning		Passed	Passed	Ch. 159
S. 1226	Add Elk Knob and Beech Creek Bog to state park system	H. 1545
S. 1227	Clarify provisions relative to use of land use restriction in underground storage tank cleanups	H. 1575		Passed
S. 1250	Reduce notice period for water quality permits from 45 to 30 days
S. 1252	Revise conservation land statutes		Passed	Passed	Ch. 155
S. 1253	Revise property tax classification for some animal waste management systems	H. 1577	Passed	Passed	Ch. 104
S. 1254	Rewrite CAMA variance provision				{H 1544 passed}
S. 1258	Revise agency environmental reporting requirements	H. 1572
S. 1260	Direct local governments, EMC, and DENR to address water conservation, Utilities Comm'n to further study green power; sets 10% consumption reduction goal			Passed
S. 1262	Allow state parks to enter mutual aid agreements re special law enforcement officers		Passed	Passed	Ch. 111
S. 1263	Revise sedimentation act	H. 1568		Comm favorable
S. 1268	Annex territory to Mt. Gilead (and other local modifications)		Passed	Passed	Ch. 127
S. 1273	Revise junk car regulation definitions for Albemarle	H. 1600			{House version adopted}
S. 1283	Appointments and amendments to statutes on boards and commissions		Passed	Passed	Vetoed
S. 1288	Allow Bethel to extend ETJ up to two miles (if approved by county)	H. 1604	Passed	Passed	Ch. 19
S. 1292	2002 Revenue Act -- accelerate local sales tax, other tax changes		Passed	Passed	Ch. 123
S. 1300	Allow Newton to satellite annex described property that is closer to another city		Passed	Passed	Ch. 50
S. 1311	Prohibit annexation of land in Buies Creek Fire and Rescue District without approval of that board	H. 1598
S. 1312	Allow Fayetteville, Durham, Spring Lake, and Hope Mills authority to demolish unsafe residential buildings in CD areas; expand Whiteville demolition options		Passed	Passed	Ch. 118
S. 1344	Extend by one year county's tier designation under Bill Lee act where taxpayers signed commitment to locate jobs or machinery in 2001
S. 1346	Allow Eden to enter annexation contracts for specified areas		Passed	Passed	Ch. 74
S. 1365	Allow Greensboro to construct roads outside city limits	H. 1733
S. 1366	Authorize Greensboro to require housing code violations repaired
S. 1379	Various amendments relative to Bill Lee Act and economic development incentives	H. 1734
S. 1390	Authorize conditional zoning in Greensboro
S. 1397	Revise provisions re tax credits for economic development and industrial recruitment
S. 1416	Amend housing tax credit		Passed	Passed	Ch. 87
S. 1419	Revise standards for pass-through entity allocation of housing tax credits
S. 1462	Devote one-third of Tobacco Trust Fund annually to Farmland Preservation Trust Fund
S. 1464	Authorize use of financing contract to acquire land through Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and Natural Heritage Trust Fund	H. 1761
S. 1465	Amend state constitution to allow cities and counties to issue debt instruments (including tax increment financing) to finance development projects

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2002 Legislation Related to Planning, Development, and Land Use Regulation

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