GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 508 
HOUSE BILL 989 

AN ACT TO MAKE UNLAWFUL THE UNAUTHORIZED RECONNECTION OF A LAWFULLY DISCONNECTED UTILITY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-151.1 is amended by inserting in the heading of that statute between the semicolon and the word "civil" the phrase "unlawful reconnection of electricity, gas, or water;". 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-151.1 is further amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
"(b1)	It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to reconnect electricity, gas, or water connections or otherwise turn back on one or more of those utilities when they have been lawfully disconnected or turned off by the provider of the utility." 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1983.