GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 (4 ) For wholesale distribution facilities and abandoned 



2 dry-cleaning facility sites, the first twenty-five 



3 thousands dollars ($25,000) of the costs of 



4 assessment or remediation, three percent (3%) of 



5 the costs of assessment or remediation in excess of 



6 two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) but not 



7 more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), 



8 and one percent (1%) of costs of assessment or 



9 remediation in excess of five hundred thousand 



10 dollars ($500,000) but not more than one million 



11 dollars ($1,000,000). " 



12 Section 5. G.S. 143-215. 104C reads as rewritten: 



13 "§ 143-215. 104C. (Repealed effective January 1, 2012) 



14 Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Fund. 



15 (a) Creation. -- The Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Fund is 



16 established as a special revenue fund to be administered by the 



17 Commission. Accordingly, revenue in the Fund at the end of a 



18 fiscal year does not revert and interest and other investment 



19 income earned by the Fund must be credited to it. The Fund is 



20 created to provide revenue to implement this Part. 



21 (b) Sources of Revenue. -- The following revenue is credited 



22 to the Fund: 



23 (1) Dry-cleaning solvent taxes collected under Article 



24 5D of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. 



25 (2) Recoveries made pursuant to G.S. 143-215. 104N and 



26 G.S. 143-215.1040. 



27 (3) Gifts and grants made to the Fund. 



28 (c) Disbursements. -- A claim filed against the Fund may be 



29 paid only from monies in the Fund and only in accordance with the 



30 provisions of this Part. Any obligation to pay or reimburse 



31 claims against the Fund shall be expressly contingent upon 



32 availability of monies in the Fund. Neither the State nor any of 



33 its agencies shall have any obligation to pay or reimburse any 



34 costs for which monies are not available in the Fund. The 



35 provisions of this Part shall not constitute a contract, either 



36 express or implied, to pay or reimburse costs in excess of the 



37 monies available in the Fund. In making disbursements from the 



38 Fund, the Commission shall pay — feiie — claims — with — fefee — high e st 



39 priority — b e for e — claimc — &f — lowor — priority, — aad — claims — &i — oqual 



40 priority in tho order in which the facility or abandoned cito vjac 



4 1 cortif ied obligate monies to facilities or sites with higher 



42 priority before facilities or sites of lower priority, and 



43 facilities or sites with equal priority in the order in which the 



44 facilities or sites were prioritized until the revenue is 



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