GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2001

 

 

SESSION LAW 2001-219

SENATE BILL 342

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING COUNTIES TO ADOPT ORDINANCES REGARDING THE NUMBER OF TOILETS TO BE PLACED IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS.

 

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any provision of the State Building Code or any public or local law to the contrary, including Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, counties may establish by ordinance the requirements for bathroom facilities, including the number of toilets required, in buildings that are used primarily for outdoor school sporting events.

 SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and only applies to counties that (i) have a population of 190,000 or more according to the most recent decennial federal census and (ii) border both another state and county with a population of 650,000 or more according to the most recent decennial federal census.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of June, 2001.

 

 

                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                         Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 4:33 p.m. this 15th day of June, 2001