GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 634

Short Title:        Stormwater/Built‑Upon Area Clarification.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Torbett (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Environment.

April 14, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify the definition of built‑Upon area for purposes of stormwater programs.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 143‑214.7(b2) reads as rewritten:

"(b2)    For purposes of implementing stormwater programs, "built‑upon area" means impervious surface and partially impervious surface to the extent that the partially impervious surface does not allow water to infiltrate through the surface and into the subsoil. "Built‑upon area" does not include a slatted deck or the water area of a swimming pool.swimming pool, or a surface of number 57 stone, as designated by the American Society for Testing and Materials, laid at least 4" thick over a geotextile fabric."

SECTION 1.(b)  Notwithstanding Section 45(c) of S.L. 2014‑120, the Environmental Management Commission shall issue rules to implement this section no later than December 1, 2015.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.