GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1118

Short Title:  Water Supply Reclassif.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Fussell.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT LOCAL UNANIMITY IS NOT A PREREQUISITE TO A WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED RECLASSIFICATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-214.5(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Classification of Water Supply Watersheds. – The Commission shall assign to each water supply watershed in the State the appropriate classification with the applicable minimum management requirements. The Commission may reclassify water supply watersheds as necessary to protect future water supplies or improve protection at existing water supplies.  The Commission shall encourage regional cooperation among local governments to protect surface water supplies.  If the Commission receives a request by a local government to reclassify a water supply watershed, the Commission shall consider the request within 60 days of the receipt of the request.  The Commission shall not require that all affected local governments concur in or approve of a request for reclassification as a prerequisite to approval of the reclassification.  A local government shall not be required to submit a revised water supply watershed protection program to the Commission earlier than 270 days after it receives notice of a reclassification from the Commission."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.