GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-77
HOUSE BILL 1127

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A STUDY INVOLVING INTERESTED PARTIES TO REVIEW AND REVISE THE CURRENT PROCEDURES CONCERNING COFFEE POTS AND ICE BUCKETS PROVIDED BY LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS IN GUEST ROOMS AND TO SUSPEND CURRENT APPLICABLE RULES UNTIL REVISED RULES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS TEMPORARY RULES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.(a)  The Division of Environmental Health of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall review the current rules adopted pursuant to Part 6 of Article 8 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes that apply to procedures that must be followed by lodging establishments concerning coffee pots and ice buckets that are placed in guest rooms for use by guests of the establishment, shall consult during this review with representatives of the affected industry and the various agencies responsible for implementing the applicable rules, and shall recommend rules, revised as needed, to the Commission for Health Services.
Section l.(b)  Current rules that apply to equipment concerning coffee pots and ice buckets that are placed by lodging establishments in guest rooms for use by guests of the establishment are suspended until revised rules under this act have been adopted.
Section l.(c)  The Commission for Health Services shall adopt the revised rules under subsection (a) of this section as temporary rules no later than January 31, 2000.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of May, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 3:55 p.m. this 21st day of May, 1999