A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the carrboro town charter to clarify that town employees engaged in the enforcement of an illicit discharge ordinance adopted to fulfill the town's state-mandated obligations under the town's national pollutant discharge elimination system permit may enter any premises within the town for the purpose of making inspections or carrying out other enforcement actions under such ordinance.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 10 of the Charter of the Town of Carrboro, being Chapter 476 of the 1987 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 10‑2.  Illicit Discharge Ordinance.  In order to fulfill the town's obligations under the town's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, the Board of Aldermen may adopt an ordinance to regulate the contribution of pollutants to the town's municipal separate storm sewer system by stormwater discharges and to prohibit illicit connections and discharges to such storm sewer system. Such ordinance may provide that, upon the presentation of proper credentials, town officers, agents, and employees engaged in the enforcement of such ordinance shall have a right to enter on any premises within the town at all reasonable hours for the purpose of making inspections or carrying out other enforcement actions under such ordinance."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.