GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



H/S 



BILL DRAFT ERCOO-SBXZ-005 . 02 (4.25) 

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ATTENTION: This is a draft and is not ready for introduction. 



Short Title: Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Amends. (Public) 



Sponsors ; 



Referred to: 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL SURTAX TO FUND 



3 CLEANUP OF DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT CONTAMINATION; TO DESIGNATE THE 



4 STATE SALES TAX REVENUE FROM DRY-CLEANING AND LAUNDRY SERVICES 



5 FOR THE DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT CLEANUP FUND; TO AMEND THE 



6 DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT CLEANUP ACT OF 1997 TO REPEAL THE 



7 REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DRY-CLEANING 



8 FACILITIES AND WHOLESALE DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT DISTRIBUTION 



9 FACILITIES; TO ALLOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO 



10 ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE CONTRACTORS FOR ASSESSMENT 



11 AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES AT DRY-CLEANING FACILITIES AND 



12 WHOLESALE DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES; TO 



13 DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO 



14 STUDY THE USE OF DRY-CLEANING SOLVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND 



15 TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES IN THE DRY-CLEANING SOLVENT CLEANUP ACT 



16 OF 1997, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



17 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



18 Section 1.1. G.S. 105-164 .4 (a )( 4 ) reads as rewritten: 



19 "(4) Every person engaged in the business of operating a 

 2 dry - cloaning, pr e ssing, ©*^ h*fe blocking 



21 octablichment , — a — laundry, — ef^ — afty — cimilar bucin e se, 



22 engag e d — in the bucinocc — o4- renting clean linen or 



