GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1175*

Short Title:  Limit Rules for Water Testing.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Speed, Kincaid, McDaniel, Martin of Pitt, Soles, McKoy, Kerr, and Foxx.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws.

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May 15, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE RULE REGULATING DRINKING WATER STANDARDS AND TESTING MAY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE FEDERAL LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-315(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The drinking water rules may be amended as necessary in accordance with required federal regulations.  The Commission shall not adopt rules creating any drinking water standard, limitation, or drinking water testing requirement more restrictive than the most nearly applicable federal standard, limitation, or testing requirement."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.