NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 619

SENATE BILL 627

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTIES, CITIES, SANITARY DISTRICTS, WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITIES, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS, AND METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FOR WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL BY MEANS OF SEPTIC TANK SYSTEMS AND OTHER ON-SITE DISPOSAL FACILITIES OR SYSTEMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-274(2) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(2)      Sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems,".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 160A-311(3) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(3)      Sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems;".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 159-48(b)(17) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(17)    Providing sanitary sewer systems, including without limitation community sewerage facilities for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage or septic tank systems and other on-site collection and disposal facilities or systems."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 153A-149(c)(29) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(29)    Sewage. To provide sewage collection and treatment services as defined in G.S. 153A-274(2)."

Sec. 5.  G.S. 160A-209(c)(28) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(28)    Sewage. To provide sewage collection and treatment services as defined in G.S. 160A-311(3)."

Sec. 6.  G.S. 153A-301(4) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(4)      Sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems;".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 130-128(1) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(1)      To acquire, construct, maintain and operate sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems, water supply systems, water purification or treatment plants and such other utilities as may be necessary for the preservation and promotion of the public health and sanitary welfare within the district, such utilities to be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission for Health Services."

Sec. 8.  G.S. 162A-2(9) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(9)      The term 'sewage disposal system' shall mean and shall include any plant, system, facility, or property used or useful or having the present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment, purification or disposal of sewage (including industrial wastes resulting from any processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from the development of any natural resources), or any integral part thereof, including but not limited to septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems, treatment plants, pumping stations, intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the authority for the operation thereof."

Sec. 9.  G.S. 162A-32(12) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(12)    'Sewerage system' shall embrace sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems and any part or parts thereof, either within or without the limits of a district, all property, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto, and any and all buildings and other structures deemed necessary or useful by a district board in connection with the operation or maintenance thereof."

Sec. 10.  G.S. 162A-65(11) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(11)    The term 'sewage disposal system' shall mean any plant, system, facility or property, either within or without the limits of the district, used or useful or having the present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment, purification or disposal of sewage, or any integral part thereof, including but not limited to septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems, treatment plants, pumping stations, intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all necessary appurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the district board for the operation thereof."

Sec. 11.  G.S. 153A-185(2) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(2)      Constructing, reconstructing, extending, or otherwise building or improving sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems;".

Sec. 12.  G.S. 160A-216(4) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(4)      Constructing, reconstructing, extending, or otherwise building or improving sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems."

Sec. 13.  G.S. 153A-284 is hereby amended by deleting the word "system" at line 4 and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "line".

Sec. 14.  G.S. 160A-317 is hereby amended by deleting the word "system" at line 4 and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "line".

Sec. 15.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.