SB 166

Repeals GS 153A-145.12 (applicable to counties) and GS 160A-205.7 (applicable to cities), which prohibited the adoption of an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule to: (1) restrict, tax, charge a fee, prohibit, or otherwise regulate the use, disposition, or sale of an auxiliary container; or (2) regulate the use of shopping carts, including the imposition of a fee or fine on a business for failure to take possession of a shopping cart that was removed from the premises of the business. The statutes also specifically allowed counties/cites to (1) operate a recycling program, a composting program, and a solid waste disposal program as authorized by law; and (2) regulate the use of auxiliary containers on property owned or maintained by the county/city.