Senate amendment makes the following changes to 2nd edition.
Amends subsection (b) of GS 143-215.94C to provide that the annual operating fee is due and payable on the first day of the month (was, fee was due and payable in equal installments on a quarterly basis on the first day of the month of each quarter) in accordance with a staggered schedule established by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) except as provided in the subsection. Deletes requirement that the fee for all commercial underground storage tanks located at the same facility are due at the same time. Deletes requirement that a person must own or operate 12 or more commercial petroleum tanks in order to request that the total of all fees be paid in four equal payments due on the first day of each calendar quarter.
Prohibits DENR from creating any new receipt-supported or General Fund positions related to the requirements of this act. Deletes provision that GS 143-215.94V(c1), as amended in this act, applies to discharges or releases reported on or before January 2, 1998.