GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-296
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF AN ACCESSIBLE CLEANOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF THE PUBLIC SEWER LINE AND THE HOUSE OR BUILDING SEWER LINE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 87-10(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1) Public utilities contractors
constructing house and building sewer lines as provided in sub-subdivision a.
of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall, at the junction of
the public sewer line and the house or building sewer line, install as an
extension of the public sewer line a cleanout at or near the property line that
terminates at or above the finished grade. Public utilities contractors
constructing water service lines and house and building sewer lines as
provided in sub-subdivision a. of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this
section shall terminate said the water service lines at a valve,
box, meter, or manhole or cleanout or meter at which the
facilities from the building may be connected. Public utilities contractors
constructing fire service mains for connection to fire sprinkler systems shall
terminate those lines at a flange, cap, plug, or valve inside the building one
foot above the finished floor. All fire service mains shall comply with the
NFPA standards for fire service mains as incorporated into and made applicable
by Volume V of the North Carolina Building Code."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2001, and applies to the installation of house and building sewer lines that occur on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 8:30 a.m. this 21st day of July, 2001