GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2373

Short Title:  Small System Wastewater Study.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hardaway; H. Hunter and Hackney.
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Referred to:  Rules.
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June 6, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL SYSTEM WATER AND WASTEWATER NEEDS.
Whereas, access to clean drinking water and adequate methods of wastewater disposal is essential to the public health, environment, and economy of North Carolina; and
Whereas, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians live without access to basic water and wastewater services every day; and
Whereas, most of these North Carolinians are the people least able to help themselves and are comprised mainly of the poor, the very old, and the very young; and
Whereas, there are few or no resources available to assist individuals who do not have access to basic water and wastewater services; and
Whereas, there is a lack of adequate information on individual and small system water and wastewater needs; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study individual household and small system water needs and the obstacles preventing access to potable water supplies and safe wastewater disposal methods for many of the State's citizens.  The Legislative Research Commission may consider economic, health, and environmental problems that occur with small wastewater systems not owned by the State or local governments and shall focus its study on outhouses, failing septic tanks, and small failing waste treatment systems.  The Legislative Research Commission may consider the laws and rules governing small waste treatment systems and any other information relevant to this study.
The Legislative Research Commission may make its final report to the 1991 General Assembly.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Research Commission for the 1990-91 fiscal year the sum of $15,000 to fund the study.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.