GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 824
 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/3/01

Short Title:	Installation of Sewer Cleanout Required.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
March 27, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF AN ACCESSIBLE CLEANOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF THE PUBLIC SEWER LINE AND THE HOUSE OR BUILDING SEWER LINE. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 87‑10(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	Public utilities contractors constructing house and building sewer lines as provided in sub-subdivision a. of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall, at the junction of the public sewer line and the house or building sewer line, install as an extension of the public sewer line a cleanout at or near the property line that terminates at or above the finished grade. Public utilities contractors constructing water service lines  as provided in sub‑subdivision a. of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall terminate the water service lines at a valve, box, or meter at which the facilities from the building may be connected. Public utilities contractors constructing fire service mains for connection to fire sprinkler systems shall terminate those lines at a flange, cap, plug, or valve inside the building one foot above the finished floor. All fire service mains shall comply with the NFPA standards for fire service mains as incorporated into and made applicable by Volume V of the North Carolina Building Code."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001, and applies to the installation of house and building sewer lines that occur on or after that date.