NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 790

SENATE BILL 326

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160-200 SO AS TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE TECHNICAL CODES, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160-200 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection to be designated as subsection 41, reading as follows:

"41.      To adopt by reference thereto in an ordinance any published technical code or any standards or regulations promulgated by any public agency. Upon such adoption, such technical code, standards, or regulations shall have the force of law within the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to the provisions of G.S. 143-138(e); provided, that any municipality adopting by reference any technical code, standards, or regulations under authority of this Section shall maintain conveniently accessible for public inspection an official copy of the same."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1963.