NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 602

HOUSE BILL 1299

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO SPECIALLY ASSESS BENEFITED PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS FOR EXTENSION OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. In exercising the authority granted under Article 16 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes to extend and operate public enterprises outside its corporate limits, the Governing Body of the City of Durham may specially assess all, or part, of the costs of constructing, reconstructing, extending, building, or improving water supply and distribution systems or sewage collection and disposal systems or both such systems, or any part thereof, outside the corporate limits of the City of Durham against property benefited therefrom; provided, however, no special assessment shall be levied until a petition which meets the requirements set forth in Section 7 of Chapter 224, 1927 Private Laws, as amended, has been submitted to the City of Durham by the owners of the property affected. Special assessments levied pursuant to this act shall be levied and collected in the same way and under the same authority and procedures as special assessments levied and collected by the City of Durham upon property within the corporate limits.

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to the City of Durham.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.