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  G.S. 90A-40(c) is repealed.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, $15.00 25.00;

(2)       Temporary Certificate, $25.00 35.00;

(3)       Temporary Certification Renewal, $50.00;

(4)       Conditional Certificate, $25.00;

(5)       Voluntary Conversion Certificate, $10.00;

(6)       Reciprocity Certificate, $25.00 50.00;

(7)       Annual Renewal, Fee, five dollars ($5.00) $15.00;

(8)       Replacement of Certificate, five dollars ($5.00) $15.00;

(9)       Late Payment of Annual Fee Renewal, five dollars ($5.00), $15.00 penalty in addition to the regular fee called for in (7) hereinabove all current and past due fees; and

(10)     Mailing List Fees, upon request for mailing lists of wastewater treatment plant operators and/or plants, shall be made available upon payment of fees at a rate of five dollars ($5.00) per 100 names of certified operators and/or facilities, with a minimum payment of fifty dollars ($50.00). 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.