GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 650
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 87-96 reads as rewritten:
"§ 87-96. Conflict with other laws.
(a) The provisions of any law, rule, or local ordinance which establish standards affording greater protection to groundwater resources or public health, safety, or welfare shall prevail, within the jurisdiction to which they apply, over the provisions of this Article and rules adopted pursuant to this Article.
(b) Rules relating
to public health, wells, or groundwater adopted by the Commission for Health
Services shall prevail over this Article or rules adopted pursuant to this
Article. Article, rules adopted pursuant to this Article, and rules adopted
by a local board of health pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. This
Article shall not be construed to repeal any law or rule in effect as of July
1, 1989.
(c) A local board of health may adopt by reference rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission pursuant to this Article, and may adopt more stringent rules when necessary to protect the public health."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives