Bill Summary for S 605 (2025-2026)

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May 6 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
Senate Bill 605 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 25, 2025
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN SUBBASIN DESIGNATIONS AND REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN INTERBASIN TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR WATER TRANSFERS BETWEEN THOSE CERTAIN SUBBASINS WITHIN THE SAME MAJOR RIVER BASIN AND TO REVISE 2020 FARM ACT TMDL TRANSPORT FACTOR CALCULATION APPLICABILITY.
Intro. by Sawrey, P. Newton.

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Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends the act's title.

Adds legislative findings regarding the elimination of the Haw River, Deep River, and Contentnea Creek subbasin designations.

Discards the first edition’s combinations of rivers into larger basins in GS 143-215.22G, with the exception of the inclusion of the Haw River (2-1) and Deep River (2-2) in the Cape Fear River basin, and the inclusion of Contentnea Creek (10-2) into the Neuse River basin.