NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 471

SENATE BILL 692

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 130 NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO WATER AND SEWER SANITATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130-160 is amended by rewriting it to read as follows:

"§ 130-160.  Sanitary sewage disposal; rules. — Any person owning or controlling any two family residence, place of business or place of public assembly shall provide a sanitary system of sewage disposal consisting of an approved privy, an approved septic tank system, or a connection to a public or community sewerage system. Any such sanitary sewage disposal system with 3000 gallons or less design capacity serving a multiple family residence, place of business, or place of public assembly, the effluent from which is not discharged to the surface waters, shall be approved under rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health. All other such sanitary sewage disposal systems with more than 3000 gallons design capacity shall be approved under rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Water and Air Resources pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 130-161 is amended by rewriting it to read as follows:

"§ 130-161.  Systems of water supply; plans submitted. — The State Board of Health shall from time to time consult with and advise the boards of all State institutions, the authorities of cities and towns, and persons already having or intending to introduce systems of water supply, or intending to make major alterations to existing systems of water supply as to the most appropriate source of water supply and the best practical method of assuring the purity thereof, having regard to the present and prospective needs and interests of other cities, towns, and persons which may be affected thereby. All such boards of directors, authorities, and persons are hereby required to give notice to the State Board of Health of their intentions to introduce or alter a system of water supply, and to submit to the Board such plans, surveys, and other information as may be required by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health. No such board of directors, authorities, or persons may enter into a contract for the introduction or alteration of a system of water supply until such plans and other information have been received, considered and approved by the State Board of Health."

Sec. 3.  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1973.