GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 873
Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 6/24/91

Short Title:  Deadline/Watershed Protection.	(Public)
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April 18, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLETING THE CLASSIFICATION OF WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS AND FOR THE SUBMISSION OF LOCAL WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED PROTECTION ORDINANCES AND TO REQUIRE THAT STATE AGENCIES COMPLY WITH WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED PROTECTION RULES AND ORDINANCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 426 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.  (a)	The Environmental Management Commission shall adopt water supply watershed classifications and applicable management requirements as required by G.S. 143-214.4(b) no later than 1 January 1991.
(b)	The Environmental Management Commission shall publish the proposed classification of all existing water supply watersheds under the classifications adopted pursuant to G.S. 143-214.4(b) no later than 1 January 1991.  The Environmental Management Commission shall complete the classification of all existing water supply watersheds no later than 1 July 1992.
(c)	Every local government shall submit a local water supply management and protection ordinance to the Environmental Management Commission for approval according to the following schedule:
(1)	Municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more, by 1 July 1993.
(2)	Municipalities with a population of less than 5,000, by 1 October 1993.
(3)	Counties, by 1 January 1994."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-214.5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( i)	Every State agency shall act in a manner consistent with the policies and purposes of this section, and shall comply with the minimum statewide water supply watershed management requirements adopted by the Commission and with all water supply watershed management and protection ordinances adopted by local governments."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.