GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 117

Short Title:  Energy LRC Study Recommendations.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Buchanan; Reynolds and McAllister.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House.

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February 12, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Transportation shall include in the next Transportation Improvement Program and the Board of Transportation shall approve, the use of four million dollars ($4,000,000) of the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds provided to North Carolina under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and shall implement the Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Program Proposal for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program Funds that was transmitted to the Secretary of Transportation from the Secretary of Commerce on September 30, 1996, which would establish a program for the purchase or conversion of vehicles in the State's centrally fueled motor fleet to alternative fuels as required by the federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) and programmatic activities including the development of a State infrastructure plan for alternative fuels, training, education for fleet managers using AFVs, and program management.
Section 2.  The Legislative Research Commission shall continue the Energy Study Committee to monitor the use of the funds and the vehicle conversions mandated by Section 1 of this act and to study other aspects of the implications of energy conservation and usage in North Carolina.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.