Title: DRH50172-LKf-105 (3/21)
Category: Bill Draft

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA	SESSION 2003

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
H	D
HOUSE DRH50172-LKf-105  (3/21)

Short Title:	Rebate and Grant Program for AFVs. | (Public)
Sponsors: | Representative Tolson.
Referred to: |

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish an alternative fuel and alternative fuel vehicle rebate and infrastructure grant program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 113B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"Article 3.
"Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Rebate and Infrastructure Grant Program.
"§ 113B-30. Alternative fuel and vehicle rebate and infrastructure Grant Program established.
(a)	There is created an alternative fuel and vehicle rebate and infrastructure grant program to be administered by the State Energy Office.
(b)	The program shall provide for all of the following:
(1)	Partial rebates to first owners for incremental cost differences for eligible alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles.
(2)	Limited rebates for State taxes paid on the incremental costs of alternative motor fuels.
(3)	Grants for alternative motor fuel infrastructure projects.
(c)	The program shall include a cap on the number and amounts of rebates and grants to limit them to the available funds. There shall be no entitlement to any rebate or grant under the program.
"§ 113B-31. Implementation and administration.
(a)	The State Energy Office shall issue rules implementing the program established in G.S. 113B-30.
(b)	These rules shall be issued after consultation with other State agencies, including the Departments of Transportation, Correction, Public Instruction, Revenue, and Environment and Natural Resources and interested organizations and businesses.
(c)	 These rules shall comply with environmental and energy regulations issued by the United States Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"§ 113B-32.  Funding.
(a)	 The program established pursuant to G.S. 113B-30 shall be funded by an increase in all registration fees for motor vehicles registered in this State according to the following schedule:
(1)	There shall be a one-dollar ($1.00) increase in all registration fees collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to any provision in Chapter 20 of the General Statutes for the first three years of the existence of the program.
(2)	There shall be a two-dollar ($2.00) increase in all registration fees collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles pursuant to any provision in Chapter 20 of the General Statutes for the fourth through the tenth year of the existence of the program.
(b)	 The funds collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles shall be transferred quarterly to a special account in the Department of Administration for the State Energy Office to administer the program and provide the rebates and grants.
(c)	 The State Energy Office and the Division of Motor Vehicles may use up to five percent (5%) of the funds collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the administration of the program.
"§ 113B-33. Reports.
(a)	 The Division of Motor Vehicles shall provide to the State Energy Office quarterly reports of all registered motor vehicles identified by fuel type.
(b)	 The State Energy Office shall provide an annual report on the expenditure of funds associated with the program established by G.S. 113B-30 and the number of alternative fuel vehicles registered in North Carolina to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.  The State Energy Office shall issue the rules to implement the program established by this act on or before July 1, 2004.  Upon final adoption of the rules, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall begin collecting the additional fees mandated by this act.  This act shall expire on June 30, 2014.

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