NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 167

HOUSE BILL 550

 

AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY BUILDING OR CONNECTION OF ANY HOUSE TRAILER IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall connect or cause to be connected any house trailer or mobile home to any septic tank or sewage system, or connect the same to any public electric system, and no person, firm or corporation shall commence or cause to be commenced the construction of any building, or improvement of any existing structure when the cost of such improvement will exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), in Perquimans County, without first filing notice thereof with the Perquimans County Tax Supervisor. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the Tax Supervisor, and a written receipt acknowledging the filing of the notice shall be furnished the person who files the notice. Upon the filing of the notice a fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid to the Tax Supervisor, who shall cause the same to be deposited in the general fund of the county.

Sec. 2. Upon completion of the construction or improvement on any building as above described, but not later than six months from the time the first notice is required to be filed, the person required to file the notice above described shall file with the Tax Supervisor a written statement as to the cost of construction or improvement.

Sec. 3. Failure to file the notice or failure to file the report of cost as required by this act, or falsification of the amount of the cost as set forth in the cost report shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1973.