{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.107c","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.107C","heading":"State agency goals, plans, duties, and reports.","body":"(a)\tAs used in this section, alternative-fueled vehicle means a motor vehicle capable of operating on electricity; natural gas; propane; hydrogen; reformulated gasoline; ethanol; other alcohol fuels, separately or in mixtures of eighty-five percent (85%) or more of alcohol by volume; or fuels, other than alcohol, derived from biological materials. For purposes of this section, a vehicle that has been converted to operate on a fuel other than the fuel for which it was originally designed is not a new or replacement vehicle.\n(b)\tIt shall be the goal of the State that on and after 1 January 2004 at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the new or replacement light duty cars and trucks purchased by the State will be alternative-fueled vehicles or low emission vehicles. The Department of Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Environmental Quality shall jointly develop a plan to achieve this goal and to fuel and maintain these vehicles. For purposes of this section, a light duty car or truck is one that is rated at 8,500 pounds or less Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR).\n(c)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2006-79, s. 13, effective July 10, 2006.\n(d),\t(e) Repealed by Session Laws 2017-10, s. 4.4(a), effective May 4, 2017.\n(f)\tThe Office of State Human Resources shall implement a policy that promotes telework/telecommuting for State employees as recommended by the report of the State Auditor entitled \"Establishing a Formal Telework/telecommuting Program for State Employees\" and dated October 1997. It shall be the goal of the State to reduce State employee vehicle miles traveled in commuting by twenty percent (20%) without reducing total work hours or productivity. (1999-328, ss. 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8; 2004-195, s. 2.4; 2005-386, s. 2.2; 2006-79, s. 13; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2017-10, s. 4.4(a).)","path":["Chapter 143. State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions","Article 21B. Air Pollution Control."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-215.107C.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:33Z","sha256":"f75ddc602360e21707ac4b73e3c62de949ffe44e9a8e8b501ae4b2e9bef7a45d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.107b","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143-215.107d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}