North Carolina § 143B-135 - 232. Definitions.

§ 143B-135. 232. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Part: Repealed by Session Laws 2019-32, s. 1(a), effective July 1, 2019. Fund. - The Clean Water Management Trust Fund created pursuant to this Part. Land. - Real property and any interest in, easement in, or restriction on real property. Local government unit. - Defined in G.S. 159G-20. Trustees. - The trustees of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. History (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 27.6(a); 2003-340, s. 1.3; 2005-454, s. 4; 2006-252, s. 2.13; 2014-100, s. 14.8(b); 2015-241, s. 14.30(k1), (r1); 2019-32, s. 1(a).) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 113A-252 was recodified as G.S. 143B-135.232 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(k1). At the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, "this Part" was substituted for "this Article" in the introductory language and in subdivision (2). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(a), as amended by Session Laws 2015-268, s. 5.4(a), provides: "The Department of Cultural Resources is renamed the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and all functions, powers, duties, and obligations vested in the following programs, divisions, and entities within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources are transferred to, vested in, and consolidated within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources by a Type I transfer, as defined in G.S. 143A-6: "(1) The Division of Parks and Recreation. "(2) The State Parks System, including Mount Mitchell State Park. "(3) The North Carolina Aquariums Division. "(4) The North Carolina Zoological Park. "(5) The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. "(6) Clean Water Management Trust Fund. "(7) The Natural Heritage Program, within the Office of Land and Water Stewardship." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-32, s. 7, provides: "This act becomes effective July 1, 2019. All rules, regulations, and decisions made by the predecessor boards and authorities reconstituted in this act shall remain in full force and effect until and unless duly modified by the successor entities." Session Laws 2019-32, s. 1(e), provides: "The Chair of the Board of Trustees shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Environmental Review Commission, the Subcommittees of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees with jurisdiction over natural and economic resources, and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly regarding the implementation of Section 1.(a) of this act no later than July 1, 2020." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-454, s. 4, effective January 1, 2006, substituted "The following definitions apply" for "As used" in the introductory paragraph; rewrote subdivision (2); and added subdivisions (4a), (4b), (6), and (7). Session Laws 2006-252, s. 2.13, effective January 1, 2007, substituted "G.S. 143B-437.01" for "G.S. 105-129.3" in subdivision (2). Session Laws 2014-100, s. 14.8(b), effective July 1, 2014, deleted former subdivisions (2), (4b), (6), and (7), defining "Economically distressed local government unit," "Stormwater quality project," "Wastewater collection system," and "Wastewater treatment works." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(r1), effective July 1, 2015, deleted former repealed subdivisions and redesignated the remaining subdivisions. Session Laws 2019-32, s. 1(a), deleted subdivision (1). For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.