2010 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B Executive Organization Act of 1973.
Article 7 - Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
143B-344.38. (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force - reports.

143B‑344.38. (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force reports.

(a) Beginning in 2011, the Task Force shall report to the Governor, the chairs of the House Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations no later than October 1 each year. The report shall include the following elements:

(1) Policy recommendations, suggested legislation, and recommended appropriations made pursuant to subdivisions (5), (6), and (8) of G.S. 143B‑344.35.

(2) Population, employment, building permit, and related socioeconomic data for each metro region of the State, including 25‑year projections of population and employment and any other demographic trends the Task Force finds relevant, with commentary on any changing trends in the data that might affect planning for sustainable development and infrastructure. Where possible, the Task Force shall use data already collected by the State Demographer, the United States Census Bureau, and any other State or federal agency.

(3) An inventory and description of State policies and programs that influence either positively or negatively the ability to develop sustainable communities.

(4) Funding applied for and received in the prior fiscal year.

(5) A list of the projects for which funding was distributed to local governments and regional or interlocal organizations in North Carolina for sustainable planning, development, or redevelopment under G.S. 143B‑344.35.

(6) A list of the projects for which the Task Force provided technical assistance under G.S. 143B‑344.35(4).

(7) The remaining funds available and all grants distributed to regional sustainable development partnerships under G.S. 143B‑344.37.

(8) An overview of all State funding initiatives (including State‑allocated federal funding initiatives) used to support housing, infrastructure, water quality, and land preservation, including, at a minimum, the following:

a. The Clean Water Management Trust Fund.

b. The Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.

c. The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund.

d. The Natural Heritage Trust Fund.

e. The Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund.

f. The Congestion Relief and Intermodal Transportation 21st Century Fund.

g. The North Carolina Main Street Program and the Main Street Solutions Fund.

h. The Housing Trust Fund and the low‑income housing tax credit funds administered by the Housing Finance Agency.

i. Funds from the Public School Building Capital Fund used by counties for the purchase of land for public school buildings.

j. The tax credits for renewable energy property, historic rehabilitation, and mill rehabilitation set forth in Chapter 105 of the General Statutes.

The overview should include the current funding level, changes in funding over the previous fiscal year, and how the funding initiative has contributed to sustainable development, or, in the case of a tax credit, the number and geographical distribution of taxpayers taking the credit, the amount of credits claimed, and how the credit has contributed to sustainable development.

(b) Prior to awarding any funding under G.S. 143B‑344.37 and no later than February 1, 2011, the Task Force shall report to the House Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee regarding the sustainable practices scoring system developed in accordance with G.S. 143B‑344.35(7).

(c) For purposes of this section, "metro region of the State" includes the following Statistical Areas defined by the United States Census Bureau:

(1) The Research Triangle region (made up of the Durham‑Chapel Hill and the Raleigh‑Cary Metropolitan Statistical Areas).

(2) The North Carolina portion of the Charlotte‑Gastonia‑Concord Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(3) The Greensboro‑Winston‑Salem‑High Point Combined Statistical Area.

(4) The Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(5) The Hickory‑Lenoir‑Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(6) The Fayetteville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(7) The Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(8) The Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(9) The Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(10) The Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(11) The Goldsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area.

(12) Any other Metropolitan Statistical Area that includes counties of the State and that has a population of 100,000 or more within the State. (2010‑31, s. 13.5(a); 2010‑180, s. 21.2(b).)