NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 549

SENATE BILL 358

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 62-50 TO AUTHORIZE THE COURTS TO ISSUE COURT ORDERS AND INJUNCTIONS IN ACTIONS BY THE UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE GAS PIPELINE SAFETY STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 62-50 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof to read as follows:

"(f)       The General Court of Justice of North Carolina is authorized to issue court orders, restraining orders, injunctions and other processes of the court in actions by the Utilities Commission to enforce the provisions of this Chapter relating to gas pipeline safety, and the Commission is authorized to bring actions in said court, including actions for mandatory injunctions, restraining orders, temporary restraining orders, penalties, damages and such other relief as may be necessary to secure compliance with the provisions of this section and regulations of the Commission duly enacted and adopted hereunder relating to gas pipeline safety. This provision is in addition to other powers of the Commission and the courts in relation to the enforcement of provisions of this Chapter in the courts, and shall not limit the present powers of the Commission in bringing actions in the courts for enforcement of other provisions of this Chapter."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after October 15, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1971.