North Carolina HB 616: Offense for Portable Toilets/Pumper Trucks.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 616
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25
Third Edition Engrossed 5/7/25

Short Title: Megasites/Selectsites Program Revisions. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 1, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MEGASITES AND SELECTSITES READINESS PROGRAMS. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1.(a) Section 11.11 of S.L. 2022-74, as amended by Section 11.11 of S.L. 4
2023-134, reads as rewritten: 5
"SECTION 11.11.(a) Purpose. – It is in the best economic and developmental interests of 6
the State to support the development of megasites to ensure the State's ongoing competitiveness 7
for major manufacturing opportunities, including, but not limited to, the aerospace, automotive, 8
clean energy, food processing, semiconductor, and life science industries. The purpose of this 9
section is to establish a competitive grant program serving to do the following: 10
(1) Identify and evaluate up to seven megasites for preferred development and 11
marketing. 12
(2) Assist local governments or a partnership of local governments in the 13
acquisition of a newly identified or existing megasite. 14
(3) Support local governments or a partnership of local governments to analyze, 15
plan, install, or upgrade public infrastructure, including publicly owned water, 16
gas, and sewer systems, transportation infrastructure, and the electrical utility 17
lines electric infrastructure necessary to meet the needs of prospective 18
employers for megasites. 19
(4) Support local governments or a partnership of local governments to fund 20
on-site preparation, including clearing, grading, or other related expenses for 21
megasites. 22
(4a) Support local governments or a partnership of local governments in 23
conducting due diligence, including, but not limited to, the following: site 24
characteristics, preliminary engineering reports for water and wastewater 25
provision to the site, assessments related to road and highway infrastructure 26
to serve the site, and other assessments as needed. 27
(5) Facilitate coordination between the economic development entities, the North 28
Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and the North Carolina 29
Department of Transportation to expedite needs related to timely site 30
development. 31
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"SECTION 11.11.(c) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 33
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(4) Government partnership. – Either (i) a North Carolina nonprofit entity that is 1
tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(12) of the Internal Revenue 2
Code in partnership with one or more local governments or (ii) a group of 3
local governments. 4
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"SECTION 11.11.(d) Allocation. – EDPNC shall allocate monies in the Fund on the 6
following basis: 7
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(2) All other funds appropriated to the Fund for local government grants for the 9
acquisition of megasites determined pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 10
subsection. purposes described in subsection (a) of this section. A grant for 11
the acquisition of a megasite is limited to eighty-five percent (85%) of the 12
lesser of the property's purchase price or tax value. The percentage actually 13
provided in the grant shall be determined by EDPNC based on total 14
development needs for the megasite, prior investment in the megasite by one 15
or more local governments, the ability of one or more local governments to 16
invest in the megasite, and the ability and level of participation promised by 17
the local government in exchange for a grant from the Fund. Monies may only 18
be granted for, and used to acquire, a megasite for which (i) one or more local 19
governments have a binding option or offer to purchase and (ii) all basic due 20
diligence must be complete, including, but not limited to, boundary surveys, 21
title searches, State Historic Preservation Office reviews, and wetlands 22
delineation. 23
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"SECTION 11.11.(f) Agreements Required. – Monies may be disbursed from the Fund 25
previously appropriated for the Megasite Readiness Program shall be transferred in full to 26
EDPNC when this act becomes law. Funds subsequently appropriated for the Program shall be 27
transferred in full to EDPNC once such an act becomes law. EDPNC may use funds only in 28
accordance with agreements that are (i) entered into between EDPNC and a local government or 29
a government partnership and (ii) approved by the Economic Investment Committee established 30
pursuant to G.S. 143B-437.54. The agreement must include all of the performance criteria, 31
remedies, and other safeguards required to secure the assistance provided to ready the megasite 32
for a major employer and must require EDPNC to recapture a proportionate amount of assistance 33
provided under this section for failure by a local government or government partnership to meet 34
and maintain the megasite