The 2014 session of the North Carolina General Assembly convened May 14, 2014 and adjourned on August 20, 2014.

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters addressed in 2014.

Summary:

2014 Bill List

UPDATED: THROUGH 8/25/2014

David Owens

School of Government

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The 2014 session of the North Carolina General Assembly convened May 14, 2014 and adjourned on August 20, 2014.

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters addressed in 2014.

House bills are listed first, followed by Senate bills. The last action taken in each house is indicated. For bills that have become law, a session law chapter number is included in the last column. Abbreviations used in the table are:

"Comm. fav." indicates the bill was reported out of a committee with a favorable recommendation, but no floor action was taken.
"Passed" indicates the bill passed third reading in the indicated house.
"Conf." indicates a conference committee was appointed to reconcile differences in House and Senate versions of adopted bills, but no conference report was adopted.
"Ratif." indicates final General Assembly approval, pending action by Governor

Quick links to the bill texts are provided for some bills. Clicking on the underlined Bill Numbers in the far left column will take you to the General Assembly's detailed information on that bill (including sponsors, bill history, and votes). That site also has a link for the latest text of the bill. Clicking on the underlined Session Law numbers in the far right column will take you to a copy of the bill as enacted. Copies of the texts of all bills, and a 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
H. 94	Amend statutes on sanitary landfill permits, civil penalties under sedimentation erosion control ordinances, repeal mountain resources planning act, amend various other environmental statutes		Passed	Passed
H. 150	Limit design requirements in zoning for single family homes and duplexes	S. 139	Passed	Comm. fav.
H. 201	Limit energy conservation code to 2011 code for some commercial building additions/renovations; revise stormwater calculation of impervious surfaces to exclude existing development		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-90
H. 272	Revise provisions for notice to owner and applicant when reviewing or negotiating rights-of-way dedications or density transfers		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-108
H. 366	Modify agricultural laws, including clarification on local regulation of fertilizer		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-103
H. 378	Study roles of MPOs and RPOs in transportation planning		Passed
H. 442	Revise provisions re petitions for municipal incorporation		Passed
H. 531	Eliminate Weaverville ETJ and allow Buncombe County zoning of areas less than 640 acres		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-26
H. 568	Deannex specified area from Asheville		Passed
H. 569	Remove specified satellite annexation restrictions for Foxfire and Harrisburg		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-30
H. 573	Broaden use of stormwater fees to allow counties to purchase flood prone buildings and implement flood damage reduction techniques	S. 275	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-14
H. 625	Allow temporary health care structure as permitted accessory use in any single family residential zoning district		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-94
H. 632	Study property owners protection act, including awarding attorney fees and prohibiting penalties for acts not committed by owner		Passed
H. 761	Regulatory reform, including: revise official map act; notice for chronic public nuisance ordinance; inspections of work in progress, violations; willful misconduct by code enforcement officials; farm uses in ETJ flood hazard areas; electronic notice for legislative hearings; allow choice of rules to be applied if rule changes after application submitted (but not applicable to zoning); allow expansion of grandfathered development from coastal stormwater rules; modify regulation of isolated wetlands		Passed	Comm. fav.
H. 769	Limit county zoning exclusion of manufactured homes on individual lots in single-family residential zoning districts (except up to 10% of county in tourism areas); permit reasonable appearance standards		Passed	Comm. fav.
H. 773	Limit city and county housing inspections		Passed
H. 894	Source water protection planning		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-41
H. 938	Provide that no water quality permit required for wetlands permits for areas that are not "waters of the US"		Passed	Passed
H. 1025	Allow agritourism signs on state highways subject to DOT location and placement rules for logo signs; set penalties for MPO and RTPO ethics violations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-58
H. 1031	Facilitate economic development, create nonprofit for some economic development work of Dept. of Commerce		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-18
H. 1050	Omnibus tax law amendments, including: income standard for exemptions for qualifying farmers; cap on local privilege license tax		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-3
H. 1056	Amend corporate boundaries for Lake Lure		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-
H. 1057	Require DENR to study issues related to interbasin water transfers		Passed
H. 1058	Require legislative study of regional water and sewer systems
H. 1067	Deannex specified area from Murphy		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-46
H. 1082	Allow Carrboro to adopt and enforce 2012 energy conservation and residential building codes	S. 799
H. 1086	Establish NC-SC rail compact		Passed	Passed	Ratif.
H. 1100	Create Nature and Heritage Tourism Advisory Board and mandate guide	S. 769	Comm. fav.
H. 1105	Transfer enforcement for existing approved plans to local governments when local erosion and sedimentation control program is approved		Passed
H. 1106	Enhance standards for retaining walls required in erosion and sedimentation plans		Passed
H. 1126	Revise NCDOT-private developer contracts for road improvements	S. 827
H. 1127	Maggie Valley deannexation
H. 1135	Create loan fund for local government development of sites and buildings for economic development
H. 1139	Remove specified areas from state Nature and Historic Preserve		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-62
H. 1155	Add specified area to Pinehurst		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-85
H. 1191	Prohibit local regulations on fertilizer and the removal, replacement, or preservation of trees on private property
H. 1208	Governor's proposed budget	S. 842
H. 1228	Governor's coal ash action plan	S. 729
H. 1245	Annex specified territory to Pleasant Garden, deannex area from Watha		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-80
H. 1248	Allow Washington County to remove abandoned vessels form navigable waters		Passed
H. 1276	Adjournment resolution		Passed	Passed	Res. 2014-8

S. 3	Budget modifications, including state pay raises		Passed	Passed	Ratif.
S.38	Amend various environmental laws -- amends isolated wetland regulation, review of engineering work, repeal moratoria on local environmental regulations, limit new inlet hazard regulations, gravel as impervious surface, septic tank regulation, local regulation of fertilizer		Passed	Passed
S. 85	Clarify and conform city and county procedures for vote required to adopt ordinance on first reading			Passed
S. 113	Require DENR support for regional water projects under specified conditions			Passed
S. 163	Reclaimed water as source water		Passed	Passed	S.L. 104-113
S. 209	Amend notice provisions for chronic violators of overgrown lot ordinances		Comm. fav.	Passed
S. 287	Allow electronic publication of hearing notices for Mecklenburg and Guildford Counties and their municipalities		Passed	Passed	Conf. reported
S. 290	Annex specified area to Waynesville	H. 306		Passed
S. 294	Allow use of DOT's stormwater best management practices for city streets and road being constructed for conveyance to DOT		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-1
S. 312	Referendum on incorporation of Lake James			Passed
S. 328	Revise landfill siting and other solid waste laws			Passed
S. 523	Move specified area from Wrightsville Beach to Wilmington jurisdiction		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-45
S. 574	Modify statute of repose for groundwater contamination suits		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-17
S. 612	Limit more strict local regulation of matters regulated by state or federal government, fast-track stormwater and sedimentation permits, revise various environmental permits			Passed
S. 614	Revise process for review of tall buildings near military bases		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-79
S. 636	Amend wildlife statutes and set referenda on constitutional amendment limiting eminent domain to acquisitions for public use		Passed	Passed
S. 729	Coal ash disposal management		Passed	Passed	Ratif.
S. 734	Various regulatory reforms, including: county regulate farm uses in ETJ flood hazard areas; choice of rules for pending non-zoning applications; local environmental ordinance preemption study; various CAMA, wetland, stormwater modifications		Passed	Passed	Ratif.
S. 743	Modify economic development partnerships			Passed
S. 744	Appropriations Act of 2014		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-100
S. 763	Revenue technical amendments: extend tax credit for historic property rehabilitation		Passed	Passed
S. 767	Rockingham deannexation		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-48
S. 769	Create Nature and Heritage Tourism Advisory Board and guide	H. 1100
S. 786	Revise laws on oil and gas exploration and development (fracking); limit local ordinances on same		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-4
S. 799	Allow Carrboro to adopt and enforce 2012 energy conservation and residential building codes	H. 1082
S. 816	Authorize bill to extend low-income housing tax credit
S. 827	Revise NCDOT-private developer contracts for road improvements	H. 1126
S. 842	Governor's proposed 2013-14 budget	H. 1208
S. 846	Deannex specified area from Shallotte		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-68
S. 848	Allow public-private agreements for construction of infrastructure in Mint Hill, Concord, and Kannapolis		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-31
S. 856	Coal Ash Management Act
S. 859	Allow zoning regulations for vacation rentals and other transient occupancy in Cornelius		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-91
S.865	Remove authority for ETJ from Boone		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-33
S. 871	Raleigh/Durham annexations and deannexations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-47
S. 874	Deannex specified area from Spruce Pine		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-55
S. 883	Disapprove EMC rule on mitigation requirements in riparian buffer rule; require new rule		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2014-95

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