GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

 

 

CHAPTER 826

HOUSE BILL 1593

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO ADOPT RULES LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM BASED ON THE QUANTITY OF WATER AVAILABLE TO THE SYSTEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-315(b1) reads as rewritten:

"(b1)    The rules may also, in conformity with the purpose of this Article as stated in G.S. 130A-312, provide also establish criteria and procedures to insure an adequate supply of drinking water, in the following areas: water.  The rules may:

(1)       Record-keeping and reporting; Provide for record keeping and reporting.

(2)       Inspection Provide for inspection of public water systems and required records; records.

(3)       Criteria for design Establish criteria for the design and construction of new or modified public water systems; systems and for the modification of existing public water systems.

(4)       Review Establish procedures for review and approval of the design and construction of new or modified public water systems; systems and for the modification of existing public water systems.

(4a)     Limit the number of service connections to a public water system based on the quantity of water available to the public water system, provided that the number of service connections shall not be limited for a public water system operating in accordance with a local water supply plan that meets the requirements of G.S. 143-355(l).

(5)       Siting of Establish criteria and procedures for siting new public water systems; systems.

(6)       Variances Provide for variances and exemptions from these rules; and the rules.

(7)       Notice of non-compliance. Provide for notice of noncompliance in accordance with G.S. 130A-324."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 1992.

 

James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

 

Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives