NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 410

HOUSE BILL 977

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 119-49 RELATING TO LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES.

 

Whereas, the General Assembly finds that the safety in storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases will be enhanced by the use of the most current National Fire Protection Handbook as the standard for liquefied petroleum facilities in North Carolina; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 119-49, as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended on line 4 by deleting the year "1974" and inserting in lieu thereof the year "1976" so that the first sentence of G.S. 119-49 reads:

"The standards as set forth in Pamphlet No. 58 of the National Fire Protection Association entitled 'The Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases' dated 1976, and Pamphlet No. 54 of the National Fire Protection Association entitled 'American National Standard, National Fuel Gas Code' dated 1974, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture are hereby adopted, as is set forth herein, as safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment and facilities used in handling, storing, and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas, subject, always, to the power and authority of the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture to adopt, reject, or to add to any provisions set forth in said pamphlets as above entitled after a public hearing held upon 15 days' notice."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1977.