GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 55 
SENATE BILL 148 

AN ACT TO ALLOW A SANITARY DISTRICT TO ENGAGE IN LITIGATION OR JOIN WITH OTHERS IN LITIGATION OPPOSING THE WITHDRAWAL OF WATER FROM A RIVER OR OTHER WATER SUPPLY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 130 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 
"§ 130-128.1.  Withdrawal of water. – A sanitary district is empowered to engage in litigation or to join with other parties in litigation opposing the withdrawal of water from a river or other water supply." 
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of March, 1983.