UPDATED: THROUGH 7/31/2016
The 2016 session of the General Assembly adjourned on July 1, 2016. The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters addressed in 2016.
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. The Governor has until July 31 to sign or veto pending bills.
- "S.L. 2016-xx" is the session law number for bills that have become law.
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 | Title/Short Description | Identical | House Action | Senate Action | Session Law |
Referendum on 11/8/16 to amend state constitution to limit eminent domain to public uses, limit income tax, and require jury trials for condemnation cases | S. 74 | Passed | Passed |
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H. 74 | Study role of MPO and RPO in transportation planning |
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H. 131 | Deannex specified area from Maggie Valley |
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Authorize high population cities to undertake flood damage reduction measures within stormwater programs |
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Historic preservation tax credit |
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Clarify web posting by newspapers of published notices | S. 129 | Passed |
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Repeal official map act |
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Allow cities to transfer housing authority powers and duties to COG |
| Passed | Passed |
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Extend vested rights to seven years if zoning approval issued for large mulit-phase project |
| Passed | Passed | ||
Conform statutes to potential constitutional amendment if H. 3 amdnendments approved by voters (original bill was proposed Ch. 160D) |
| Passed | Passed |
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Amend environmental laws: prohibit use of on-site stormwater controls to protect water quality except as required by state or federal law; amend definition of "built-upon"; limit stream mitigation requirements; direct CRC to amend rules re temporary erosoion control and review er erosion rate near terminla groins; revise landfill and solid waste provisions; |
| Passed | Passed | Conf. | |
Clarify that cities can enforce state law on political signs on state highways within the city |
| Passed | Comm. fav. |
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Coal ash cleanup |
| Passed | Passed | ||
Cities and counties notify state agencies of heritage trees |
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Regulatory reform -- require zoning density credits for ROW severable development rights; delegation of riparian buffer; stakeholder group to address flood elevations and building heights; limit definitions of dwelling units/bedrooms different from state standard; allow greater development agreement flexibility; limit riparian buffers |
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Revise permitting for wind energy and tall structures |
| Passed | Passed |
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H. 904 | Study drainage needs |
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DOT reforms, including suspension of official map act and repeal of previously adopted maps |
| Passed | Passed | ||
H. 988 | Repeal cap on light rail funding | S. 857 | Passed |
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H. 1017 | Annex and deannex specified areas to Norwood |
| Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-42 |
H. 1022 | Deannex area from Maxton, raise Siler City satellite annexation cap | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-48 | |
Amend provisions re municipal service districts | S. 803 | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-8 | |
H. 1024 | Prohibit requirement for on-site stormwater control to protect downstream water quality except as required by state or federal law | S. 763 | |||
2016 Appropriations; Includes funding and mandate for study of nutirent management strategies for Falls and Jordan Lakes; beach nourishment | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-94 | ||
H. 1128 | Annex specified area to Cornelius | S. 879 | Passed | ||
H. 1131 | Require county approval for | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-16 | |
H. 1132 | Deannex area from Glen Alpine | S. 882 | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-49 |
H. 1136 | Allow road project fee on new construction in Morrisville and its ETJ | ||||
H. 1143 | Suspend charter of town of Spencer Mountain | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-45 | |
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S. 71 | Reconstitute Coal Ash commission, Mining Commission, Oil and Gas Commission |
| Passed | Passed | Vetoed |
S. 141 | Annex specified Lake Junaluska area into Waynesville, subject to referendum |
| Comm. fav. | Passed |
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S. 249 | Allow Morrisville to require multifamily developments to provide funds for recreation lands |
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Regulatory reform, including: zoning amendments deemed to amend plan; expand exempted subdivisions; three year statute of limitations to initiate zoning enforcement; study streamlined building code, inspections; revise review of tall buildings near military instalations; amend wind energy permitting by state; expand notice to military of prooposed changes in lcoal development regulationis; study size of riparian buffers |
| Passed | Passed | Conf. | |
Revise provisions for periodic inspections of unsafe buildings, rental properties |
| Passed | Passed | ||
Amend various agriculture statutes, including use value taxation and modification of conservation agreements |
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S. 739 | Annex area into Rolesville |
| Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-67 |
S. 763 | Prohibit requirement for on-site stormwater control to protect downstream water quality except as required by state or federal law |
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S. 764 | Study interbasin transfers |
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S. 765 | Direct DEQ to suppport Corps of Engineers proposal to increase threshold for intermittent stream mitigation requirements | ||||
S. 766 | Study riparian bufferer rquirements for intermittent streams | ||||
Agriculture amendments, including claification of building code exemptions, sedimentation control exemptions, use value taxation | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-113 | ||
S. 774 | Deannex specified areas from Marvin and Asheboro | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-62 | |
Revise provisions on subdivision performance guarantees | Passed | Passed | |||
Revise standards for renewable energy projects, including buffers for solar and wind energy facilities | |||||
S. 852 | Annex specified area to Bakersville, deannex area from Clyde | Passed | Passed | S.L. 2016-63 | |
S. 857 | Repeal cap on light rail funding | H. 988 | |||
| S. 875 | Deannex specified area from Sunset Beach | Passed | |||
| S. 879 | Annex specified area to Cornelius | H. 1128 | Comm. fav. | ||
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