GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 1061
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 10/3/01 

Short Title:	Allocation of Water/Sewer Service Costs.	()	
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April 10, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO SPECIFY THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE COST OF PROVIDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE MAY BE ALLOCATED TO A DWELLING UNIT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑110(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	The Commission may, consistent with the public interest, adopt procedures that allow for the allocation of costs for providing water and sewer service on a use basis to persons who occupy the same contiguous premises, as defined by the Commission, at a rate that does not exceed the actual purchase price of the service to the provider plus a reasonable administrative fee. The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the Commission shall determine the extent to which the services shall be regulated and, to the extent necessary to protect the public interest, regulate the terms, conditions, and rates that may be allocated for the services. A written rental agreement for a dwelling unit may establish a variable monthly rent that is the sum of the base rent, which shall be specified in the agreement, and the amount lawfully allocated to the dwelling unit pursuant to this subsection and rules adopted by the Commission to implement the provisions of this subsection. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter the rights, obligations, or remedies of persons providing water and sewer services and their customers under any other provision of law."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.