NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 300

HOUSE BILL 419

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 22, CHAPTER 14, OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPOSITING OF TRASH, GARBAGE, LITTER, DEBRIS, OR ANY WASTE MATERIAL ON THE LANDS OF ANOTHER WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-128, as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the words "or depositing trash or garbage" in the caption line thereof, and is further amended by deleting the words "or who, not being on his own lands, and without the consent of the owner, shall wilfully deposit any trash, debris, garbage, or litter thereon," in lines 5, 6 and 7 thereof.

Sec. 2.  Article 22, Chapter 14, of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately following G.S. 14-134, to read as follows:

"G.S. 14-134.1.  Depositing Trash, Garbage, Etc., on Lands of Another Without Written Consent or in Rivers and Streams. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, organization, corporation, or for the governing body, agents or employees of any municipal corporation to place, deposit, leave or cause to be placed, deposited or left, either temporarily or permanently, any trash, refuse, garbage, debris, litter, plastic materials, scrapped vehicle or equipment, or waste materials of any kind upon the lands of another without first obtaining written consent of the owner thereof, or to deposit any of such materials in any river or stream. Provided, it shall not be unlawful to deposit such materials upon a public dump maintained by a municipality."

Sec. 3.  A violation of this Section shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) or thirty (30) days in jail.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of April, 1965.