NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 638

HOUSE BILL 1061

 

 

AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE WINDOW PLACEMENT AND SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS TO CONSERVE ENERGY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 115C-521(c), as enacted by Chapter 423 of the 1981 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new paragraph after the first paragraph to read:

"In the design and construction of new school facilities and in the repair and renovation of existing school facilities, the local board of education shall consider the placement of windows to use the climate of North Carolina for both light and ventilation in case of power shortages. A local board shall also consider the installation of solar energy systems in the school facilities whenever practicable."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1981.