NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 304

HOUSE BILL 428

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BURKE COUNTY TO GOVERN AND REGULATE THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH, GARBAGE, ETC., AND TO CONTRACT WITH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS RELATING TO THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH, GARBAGE, ETC.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Burke County is hereby authorized and empowered to issue, pass, and promulgate ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the removal, method, or manner of disposal, depositing or dumping of any trash, debris, garbage, litter, discarded cans or receptacles, or any waste matter whatsoever within the rural areas of the County and outside and beyond the corporate limits of any municipality of said County. A violation of any of the ordinances, rules or regulations, passed or promulgated under the authority of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon a plea of nolo contendere, or a plea of guilty, or upon a conviction, any offender shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, and each week that any such violation continues to exist shall be a separate offense.

Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of Burke County are hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and enter into agreements with municipal corporations located in Burke County in carrying out the provisions of Section 1 of this Act and to appropriate such sums as may be required to carry out such agreements.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1961.