Title: S.L. 1973-953
Category: Introduced Bills

General Assembly of North Carolina	1973

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 953
HOUSE BILL 1182

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PLACING OF TRASH, REFUSE AND GARBAGE WITHIN MUNICIPAL LIMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 15 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes is amended by adding thereto a new section to be designated as G.S. 160A-303.1 and to read as follows:
"§ 160A-303.1.  Regulation of the placing of trash, refuse and garbage within municipal limits. — The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance prohibiting the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of any trash, refuse or garbage upon a street or highway located within that municipality or upon property owned or operated by the municipality unless such garbage, refuse or trash is placed in a designated location or container for removal by a specific garbage or trash service collector. Any ordinance adopted pursuant hereto may prohibit the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of any trash, refuse or garbage upon private property located within the municipality without the consent of the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof and may provide that the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of the articles forbidden by this section shall, for each day or portion thereof the articles or matter are left, constitute a separate offense.
The governing body of a municipality, in any ordinance adopted pursuant hereto, may provide that a person who violates the ordinance may be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding 30 days, or both, for each offense."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of March, 1974.

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