GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 926
AN ACT CREATING THE HAZARDOUS WASTE STUDY COMMISSION OF 1983.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Creation of commission; membership. There is created in the General Assembly the Hazardous Waste Study Commission of 1983. The Commission shall consist of 10 members appointed as follows:
(1) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;
(2) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(3) Two environmentalists, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(4) Two representatives of industry, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate one of his appointees to serve as cochairman of the Commission.
Sec. 2. Duties of Commission. The Commission shall study alternatives to landfilling hazardous wastes including prevention, reduction, treatment, incineration and recycling. The Commission shall also study the issue of what can be placed in a hazardous waste landfill without posing a threat to the environment or to the health and safety of the general public. The Commission shall report to the 1984 Regular Session of the 1983 General Assembly by May 1, 1984. The report shall include any draft legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations of the Commission.
Sec. 3. Staff; meeting rooms. The Legislative Services Officer shall provide necessary professional and clerical assistance to the Commission. State departments, commissions, boards and agencies shall provide all professional and technical assistance requested by the Commission. The Commission may contract for assistance from non-State personnel as it deems necessary.
The Commission may hold its meetings in legislative buildings with the prior approval of the Legislative Services Commission.
Sec. 4. Subsistence and travel expenses. Members of the Commission who are also members of the General Assembly shall be paid subsistence and travel expenses at the rate set forth in G.S. 120-3.1. Members of the Commission who are officials or employees of the State shall receive travel allowances at the rate set forth in G.S. 138-6. All other members of the Commission shall be paid the per diem and allowances at the rates set forth in G.S. 138-5.
Sec. 5. Appropriation. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the 1983-84 fiscal year to carry out the provisions of Sections 1 through 4 of this act.
Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of July, 1983.