GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 826
HOUSE BILL 1593

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO ADOPT RULES LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM BASED ON THE QUANTITY OF WATER AVAILABLE TO THE SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-315(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	The rules may also establish criteria and procedures to insure an adequate supply of drinking water.  The rules may:
(1)	Provide for record keeping and reporting.
(2)	Provide for inspection of public water systems and required records.
(3)	Establish criteria for the design and construction of new public water systems and for the modification of existing public water systems.
(4)	Establish procedures for review and approval of the design and construction of new public water systems and for the modification of existing public water systems.
(4a)	Limit the number of service connections to a public water system based on the quantity of water available to the public water system, provided that the number of service connections shall not be limited for a public water system operating in accordance with a local water supply plan that meets the requirements of G.S. 143-355(l).
(5)	Establish criteria and procedures for siting new public water systems.
(6)	Provide for variances and exemptions from the rules.
(7)	Provide for notice of noncompliance in accordance with G.S. 130A-324."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives