1 "(d) A l e ssor s hall not charg e a lat e f ee to a l e ss ee b e caus e of th e l e ss ee 's failur e to 



2 pay additional r e nt for wat e r and s e w e r s e r\^ic e s provid e d pursuant to G.S. 62 1 10(g). If 



3 agreed to in a written rental agreement, a landlord may charge a tenant a fee not to 



4 exceed $5.00 per month if payment has not been received by the landlord within 25 



5 days of billing for costs allocated to the tenant for water and sewer service. " 



6 SECTION 6. G.S. 42-51 reads as rewritten: 



7 "§ 42-51. Permitted uses of the deposit. 



8 Security deposits for residential dwelling units shall be permitted only for the 



9 tenant's possible nonpayment of base-rent and additional r e nt costs for water and sewer 



10 s e rvic e s provid e d pursuant to G.S. 62 110(g), services, damage to the premises, 



1 1 nonfulfillment of rental period, any unpaid bills w^tieh- that become a lien against the 



12 demised property due to the tenant's occupancy, costs of re-renting the premises after 



13 breach by the tenant, costs of removal and storage of tenant's property after a summary 



14 ejectment proceeding or court costs in cormection with terminating a tenancy. The 



15 security deposit shall not exceed an amount equal to two weeks' rent if a tenancy is 



16 week to week, one and one-half months' rent if a tenancy is month to month, and two 



17 months' rent for terms greater than month to month. These deposits must be fiilly 



1 8 accounted for by the landlord as set forth in G.S. 42-52." 



19 SECTION?. G.S. 62- 11 0(g) reads as rewritten: 



20 "(g) For th e purpos e of e ncouraging wat e r cons e rvat i. th e Commission may, 



21 consist e nt with th e public int e r e st, adopt proc e dur e s that allow a l e ssor, pursuant to a 



22 writt e n r e ntal agr ee m e nt, to allocat e th e costs for providing wat e r and s e w e r s e rvic e on 



23 a m e t e r e d us e basis to p e rsons who occupy th e sam e contiguous pr e mis e s. A writt e n 



24 r e ntal agr ee m e nt shall s p e cify a monthly r e nt that s hall b e th e s um of th e bas e r e nt plus 



25 additional rent at a rat e that do e s not e xc ee d th e actual purchas e pric e of th e wat e r and 



26 se w e r s e rvic e to th e provid e r plus o r e asonabl e administrativ e f ee . Th e Commis s ion 



27 s hall issu e rul es to d e fin e contiguou s pr e mi ses and to impl e m e nt thi s subs e ction. In 



28 issuing th e rul e to d e fin e contiguous pr e mi ses , th e Commission shall consid e r 



29 contiguous pr e mi se s wh e r e manufactur e d hom e s, as d e fin e d in G.S. 1 4 3 1*15(7), or 



30 s pac e s for manufactur e d hom e s ar e r e nt e d. Notwithstanding any oth e r provision of this 



31 Chapt e r, th e Commission shall d e t e rmin e th e e xt e nt to which th e s e rvic e s shall b e 



32 r e gulat e d and, to th e e xt e nt n e c es sary to prot e ct the public int e r e st, regulat e th e t e rms, 



33 conditions, and rat e s that may b e allocat e d for th e s e rvic es . Nothing in this subs e ction 



34 shall b e constru e d to alt e r th e rights, obligations, or r e m e di e s of p e rsons providing w ater 



35 and se w e r s e rvic e s and th e ir custom e rs und e r any oth e r provision of law. The 



36 Commission shall not have jurisdiction over the allocation of the costs of providing 



37 water and sewer service by landlords to tenants pursuant to G.S. 42-42.1. " 



38 SECTION 8. G.S. 130A-3 15(d) reads as rewritten: 



39 "(d) When a person that receives water fi-om a public water system is authorized fey 



40 the Utiliti e s Commission, pursuant to G.S. 62 110(g), to install sub motors and to 



41 allocate the costs for providing water se rvic e to p e rsons who occupy th e same 



42 contiguous pr e mis es ^and sewer service pursuant to G.S. 42-42.1, that person shall be 



43 regulated as a consecutive water system. The monitoring, analysis, and record-keeping 



44 requirements applicable to consecutive water systems under this section shall be 



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