Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that establishes various regulations regarding infrastructure, state institutions, natural resources, and more, including the creation of an Authority to regulate the North Carolina Railroad.

Highlights:

• Exempts barbers and cosmetologists from requiring occupational licenses (Part I).

• Repeals a residency requirement for electrologists (Part I).

• Increases the punishment for crimes committed against critical infrastructure, including public water, waste, and manufacturing facilities and classifies an offense as a Class C felony (Part II).

• Prohibits foreign governments considered adversarial by the United States Department of Commerce from acquiring quartz mining operations and land containing high purity quartz (Part II).

• Prohibits local government units from requiring an applicant to water or sewer insurance to agree to any condition not authorized by law or to accept any offer from an applicant to consent to any condition not authorized by law (Part II).

• Exempts eligible disabled veterans from being required to pay a fee for the North Carolina State Parks Annual Pass Program (Part II).

• Exempts any food service establishment that does not pump or vacuum grease from needing a septage permit (Part III).

• Requires the Division of Motor Vehicles to work with the Department of Information Technology to contract with a third-party to assess the division’s efforts to modernize (Part III).

• Restructures the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Railroad (Part III).

• Establishes an Authority authorized to establish, maintain, operate, and purchase in order to aid rail services (Part III).

• Establishes a Board of Trustees for the Authority (Part III).

• Authorizes the Authority to perform the following actions, including (Part III):

• Any powers of a corporate body;

• To make rules and regulations;

• To employ persons;

• To operate a rail corridor and operate services and facilities within the area; and

• Many other powers.

• Requires a secondary ticket exchange, issuer, or reseller to meet transparency requirements for entertainment events (Part IV).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes various regulations regarding infrastructure, state institutions, natural resources, and more, including the creation of an Authority to regulate the North Carolina Railroad.

Highlights:

• Exempts barbers and cosmetologists from requiring occupational licenses (Part I).

• Repeals a residency requirement for electrologists (Part I).

• Increases the punishment for crimes committed against critical infrastructure, including public water, waste, and manufacturing facilities and classifies an offense as a Class C felony (Part II).

• Prohibits foreign governments considered adversarial by the United States Department of Commerce from acquiring quartz mining operations and land containing high purity quartz (Part II).

• Prohibits local government units from requiring an applicant to water or sewer insurance to agree to any condition not authorized by law or to accept any offer from an applicant to consent to any condition not authorized by law (Part II).

• Exempts eligible disabled veterans from being required to pay a fee for the North Carolina State Parks Annual Pass Program (Part II).

• Exempts any food service establishment that does not pump or vacuum grease from needing a septage permit (Part III).

• Requires the Division of Motor Vehicles to work with the Department of Information Technology to contract with a third-party to assess the division’s efforts to modernize (Part III).

• Restructures the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Railroad (Part III).

• Establishes an Authority authorized to establish, maintain, operate, and purchase in order to aid rail services (Part III).

• Establishes a Board of Trustees for the Authority (Part III).

• Authorizes the Authority to perform the following actions, including (Part III):

• Any powers of a corporate body;

• To make rules and regulations;

• To employ persons;

• To operate a rail corridor and operate services and facilities within the area; and

• Many other powers.

• Requires a secondary ticket exchange, issuer, or reseller to meet transparency requirements for entertainment events (Part IV).

Full Bill Text