GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 582
HOUSE BILL 840

AN ACT TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS FOR CERTIFYING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90A-40(b) is rewritten to read:
"(b)	A certificate may be issued in an appropriate grade without examination to any person who is properly registered on the 'National Association of Boards of Certification' reciprocal registry who meets all other requirements of rules adopted under this Article."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90A-40(c) is repealed.
Sec. 3.  G.S. 90A-42 reads as rewritten:
"The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Certification Commission, in establishing procedures for implementing the requirements of this Article, shall impose the following schedule of fees:
(1)	Examination, including Certificate, $25.00;
(2)	Temporary Certificate, $35.00;
(3)	Temporary Certification Renewal, $50.00;
(4)	Conditional Certificate, $25.00;
(5)	;
(6)	Reciprocity Certificate, $50.00;
(7)	Annual Renewal, $15.00;
(8)	Replacement of Certificate, $15.00;
(9)	Late Payment of Annual Renewal, $15.00 penalty in addition to all current and past due fees; and
(10)	Mailing List Charges–The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Certification Commission may provide mailing lists of certified wastewater treatment plant operators and of wastewater treatment plants to persons who request such lists.  The charge for such lists shall be five dollars ($5.00) per 100 names of certified operators or treatment plants, with a minimum charge of fifty dollars ($50.00)."
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective August 1, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 1987.