North Carolina § 143-215 - 23. Short title.

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§ 143-215. 23. Short title.

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the Dam Safety Law of 1967. History (1967, c. 1068, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-31, s. 13.6(a), provides: "A one-time Dam Evaluation Fee of one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) per equivalent dam unit shall be paid to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources by electric utility companies in a lump sum payment based on the number of equivalent dam units owned by each company that fall under the jurisdiction of the Part 3 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be used to support one time-limited engineering position and operating funds necessary to perform the evaluation and integration of regulated power plant dams into the Department's dam safety inventory program. These fees shall remain available to the Department and shall not revert until the evaluation and integration of regulated power plants is complete." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2010'." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2010-2011 fiscal year." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.6, is a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "North Carolina Employment Law After Coman: Reaffirming Basic Rights in the Workplace," see 24 Wake Forest L. Rev. 905 (1989). For article, "The Evolution of Modern North Carolina Environmental and Conservation Policy Legislation," see 29 Campbell L. Rev. 535 (2007).

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