S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Current law (Article 5G of Chapter 105) imposes a $2.00 per ton tax on the disposal of municipal solid waste and construction and demolition debris in State-permitted landfills, and directs 87.5% of the proceeds to local government waste management programs and the State Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund. Section 13.5 of S.L. 2017-57 directs the Environmental Review Commission (ERC) to study the tax, including the amount of revenue generated by the tax, the state and local programs funded, and the sites remediated and future work plan for the Inactive Hazardous Sites Cleanup program. The ERC is directed to present its report and recommendations to the 2018 Regular Session of the General Assembly upon its convening.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.