Sen. Emmett Hanger

Involuntary admission; transportation; transfer to local law enforcement. Establishes procedures for changing the transportation provider designated to provide transportation to a minor or a person who is the subject of a temporary detention order and provides that in cases in which an alternative transportation provider providing transportation of a minor or a person who is subject to an involuntary admission order becomes unable to continue providing transportation, local law enforcement shall take custody of the minor or person and provide transportation to the proper facility. This bill incorporates SB 602 and is identical to HB 1118.

Zoning administrators; notice of decisions and determinations. Requires a zoning administrator to provide notice to an adjacent property owner of any decision or determination by the zoning administrator that could impair the ability of such adjacent property owner to satisfy the minimum storage capacity and yield requirements for a residential drinking well.

Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment. Classifies security-relateddevices located outside of the school building on school propertyand security-related devices located on school buses as eligiblesecurity equipment under the Public School Security Equipment GrantAct of 2013.

MEI Project Approval Commission. Makes several changes to the membership and operation of the MEI Project Approval Commission. The bill expands the membership from 10 to 14 members by adding two additional House appointments and two additional Senate appointments. The bill also clarifies the scope of the review required by the Commission to include not only economic development projects, but also potential film and episodic television projects, while providing that projects only involving existing tax incentives currently available to any qualified tax payer shall not require review. Materials regarding the potential project shall be provided to the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations five business days in advance of the Commission's review meeting. This bill incorporates SB 970.

Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax,sales tax, and machinery and tools tax. Postpones from 2020 to2025 the sunset date of the income tax credit for purchase of equipmentfor processing recyclable materials and makes eligible for the creditpurchases of equipment used in advanced recycling, defined in thebill. The bill increases the dollar value of the credit from 20 percentto 100 percent of the purchase price of such equipment, eliminatesthe requirement that a taxpayer may only claim up to 40 percent ofhis tax liability in credit per year, and makes the credit refundableand transferable for credits issued starting in taxable year 2020.The bill provides that certain machinery,tools, and materials used in advanced recycling shall be exempt fromsales tax. The bill provides that such machinery, tools, and materialsshall be segregated and classified as machinery and tools, which aretaxed at a lower rate than the generally applicable personal propertytax rate.

Exchange of offender medical and mental health information and records. Provides that a health care provider who has been notified that a person to whom he has provided services within the last two years is committed to a local or regional correctional facility shall, upon request by the local or regional correctional facility, disclose to the local or regional correctional facility where the person is committed any information necessary to ensure the continuity of care of the person committed. The bill also provides protection from civil liability for such health care provider, absent bad faith or malicious intent. This bill incorporates SB 748 and is identical to HB 1328.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program; creation. Creates the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program to make grant payments to an eligible pharmaceutical manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $1 billion at a facility in Rockingham County and creates at least 152 new full-time jobs at the facility. The pharmaceutical manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $7.5 million in grants paid out over a three-year period if it meets such performance parameters. The bill also makes available, subject to appropriation, $2.525 million to a comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in or near Rockingham County to support the workforce development needs of the manufacturer and other research and development companies in the area. This bill is identical to HB 1498.

Charter; Town of Elkton; town boundaries; council meetings. Codifies various annexation agreements between the Town of Elkton and Rockingham County. The bill increases from 30 to 45 days the maximum allowable period between a vacancy in the council and the filling of the vacancy. The bill also authorizes the Chief of Police to deliver via a designee a notice of a special or emergency meeting of the council. This bill is identical to HB 846.

Public School Security Equipment Grant Act of2013; eligible security equipment; vaping detectors. Classifiesvaping detectors as eligible security equipment under the PublicSchool Security Equipment Grant Act of 2013.

Autism Advisory Council; sunset. Extendsthe sunset provision of the Autism Advisory Council from July 1,2020, to July 1, 2022.