GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 256
HOUSE BILL 423

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE MEANING OF "REPAIR" OF A SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-334 is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:
"(9a)	'Repair' means the extension, alteration, replacement, or relocation of existing components of a sanitary sewage system.
(3a)	'Maintenance' means normal or routine maintenance including replacement of broken pipes, cleaning, or adjustment to an existing sanitary sewage system."
Sec. 2. G.S. 130A-336 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-336. Improvement permit required.
(a)	No person shall commence or assist in the construction, location, or relocation of a residence, place of business, or place of public assembly in an area not served by an approved sanitary sewage system unless an improvement permit is obtained from the local health department.  This requirement shall not apply to a residence exhibited for sale or stored for later sale and intended to be located at another site after sale.
(b)	The local health department shall issue an improvement permit authorizing work to proceed and the installation or repair of a sanitary sewage system when it has determined after a field investigation that the system can be installed and operated in compliance with this Article and rules adopted pursuant to this Article.  No person shall commence or assist in the installation, construction, or repair of a sanitary sewage system, other than a connection to an approved public or community sewage system or maintenance of a sanitary sewage system, unless an improvement permit has been obtained from the local health department.  The Department and the local health department may impose conditions on the issuance of an improvement permit."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 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