GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1083*
Second Edition Engrossed 4/29/93

Short Title:  Conform Pipeline Standards.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Judy Hunt.
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Referred to:  Public Utilities.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CONFORM STATE GAS PIPELINE PENALTY STANDARDS TO THE NEWLY ENACTED AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT OF 1968.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 62-50(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Any person who violates any provision of this section, or any regulation of the Utilities Commission issued thereunder, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation for each day that the violation persists, the maximum civil penalty not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for any continuing violation.  All penalties assessed under this subsection shall go to the General Fund."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.