BILL DRAFT 2003-SYz-24 [v.4] (5/6) 

 Water Conservation/Submeters 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION IN MULTI-FAMILY 



3 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY AMENDING VARIOUS STATE LAWS 



4 REGARDING THE USE OF SUBMETERS IN CONSECUTIVE WATER 



5 SYSTEMS IN LIGHT OF CHANGES IN POLICY RELATED TO WATER 



6 TESTING REQUIREMENTS AND WATER CONSERVATION BY THE 



7 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AS 



8 RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



9 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



10 SECTION 1. G.S. 42-3 reads as rewritten: 



1 1 "§ 42-3. Term forfeited for nonpayment of rent 



12 In all verbal or written leases of real property of any kind in which is fixed a definite 



13 time for the payment of the rent reserved therein, there shall be implied a forfeiture of 



14 the term upon failure to pay the rent within 10 days after a demand is made by the lessor 



15 or his agent on said lessee for all past-due rent, and the lessor may forthwith enter and 



16 dispossess the tenant without having declared such forfeiture or reserved the right of 



17 reentry in the lease. Where a written lease e stabUsh e s o monthly r e nt that 



1 8 includ e s authorizes allocation to the tenant of the cost of water and sewer services und e r 



19 G.S. 62 1 10(g), the t e rms "rent" and "r e ntal payment", as used in this Chapter, m e an 



20 hofl e r e nt onlv. pursuant to G.S. 42-42.1. there shall be implied a forfeiture of the term 



21 upon failure bv the tenant to pay for water and sewer services within 25 davs after a bill 



22 is sent bv the lessor or the lessor's agent to the lessee for the cost of water and sewer 



23 service. " 



24 SECTION 2. G.S. 42-26(b) is repealed. 



25 SECTION 3. G.S. 43-33 reads as rewritten: 



26 "§42-33. Rent and costs tendered by tenant. 



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