GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 967
AN ACT TO MAKE UNAUTHORIZED WATER CONNECTIONS A CRIME IN DARE COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-151.2. Unauthorized connections to water system.-(a) It shall be unlawful for any person other than an authorized agent or employee of the owner of a water system to connect to that water system any hose, pipe, or other apparatus for the purpose of an unauthorized withdrawal of water from that system.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person other than an authorized agent or employee of the owner of a water system to tamper with a water hydrant or withdraw water from a water hydrant for any purpose not approved by the owner of the water system.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
Sec. 2. This act applies to Dare County only.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1984.