Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Regulatory Reform Act, which amends rules and regulations of education, environment, and business.

Highlights:

• Exempts all personal property of both nonprofit and for-profit charter schools from property taxes, including mobile classrooms used by for-profit charters (Sec. 25).

• Requires cities to reimburse schools for surrounding road construction (Sec. 26).

• Authorizes property owners to contract with a soil scientist or geologist in lieu of the local health department to verify that a wastewater system on their property satisfies all applicable rules and regulations (Secs. 9 and 11).

• Authorizes the renewal of a permit for a permanent erosion control structure, even if the permit was granted before 1995, so long as the structure is not enlarged beyond the dimensions set out in the original permit (Sec. 15).

• Authorizes replacement of temporary erosion control structures adjacent to intertidal marine rock outcroppings (Sec. 15).

• Exempts real estate professionals from laws that require disclosure and notice of automatic payment renewals (Sec. 4).

• Requires alarm systems companies to register with the state a list of any employee who installs an alarm system in a private residence or commercial business as well as any employee who has access to security details such as access codes (Sec. 6).

• Requires overfill protection equipment for underground storage tanks (USTs) to be checked every 3 years instead of annually, as is required currently (Sec. 19).

• Authorizes UST owners and operators to use any test method and equipment approved by the EPA, including a testable drop tube, in order to meet the above requirement (Sec. 19).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Regulatory Reform Act, which amends rules and regulations of education, environment, and business.

Highlights:

• Exempts all personal property of both nonprofit and for-profit charter schools from property taxes, including mobile classrooms used by for-profit charters (Sec. 25).

• Requires cities to reimburse schools for surrounding road construction (Sec. 26).

• Authorizes property owners to contract with a soil scientist or geologist in lieu of the local health department to verify that a wastewater system on their property satisfies all applicable rules and regulations (Secs. 9 and 11).

• Authorizes the renewal of a permit for a permanent erosion control structure, even if the permit was granted before 1995, so long as the structure is not enlarged beyond the dimensions set out in the original permit (Sec. 15).

• Authorizes replacement of temporary erosion control structures adjacent to intertidal marine rock outcroppings (Sec. 15).

• Exempts real estate professionals from laws that require disclosure and notice of automatic payment renewals (Sec. 4).

• Requires alarm systems companies to register with the state a list of any employee who installs an alarm system in a private residence or commercial business as well as any employee who has access to security details such as access codes (Sec. 6).

• Requires overfill protection equipment for underground storage tanks (USTs) to be checked every 3 years instead of annually, as is required currently (Sec. 19).

• Authorizes UST owners and operators to use any test method and equipment approved by the EPA, including a testable drop tube, in order to meet the above requirement (Sec. 19).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper III