NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 595

HOUSE BILL 581

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT ACTS TO INCLUDE WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT, DRAINAGE, AND WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS AUTHORIZED DISTRICT PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-301, as found in the 1978 Replacement Volume 2D, is amended by adding the following subdivision at the end, to be numbered appropriately, and to read as follows:

"Watershed improvement projects, including but not limited to watershed improvement projects as defined in General Statutes Chapter 139; drainage projects, including but not limited to the drainage projects provided for by General Statutes Chapter 156; and water resources development projects, including but not limited to the federal water resources development projects provided for by General Statutes Chapter 143, Article 21."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 160A-536, as found in the 1977 Supplement to Volume 3D, is amended after line 9 by adding the following subdivision after subdivision (4), to be numbered appropriately, and to read as follows:

"Watershed improvement projects, including but not limited to watershed improvement projects as defined in General Statutes Chapter 139; drainage projects, including but not limited to the drainage projects provided for by General Statutes Chapter 156; and water resources development projects, including but not limited to the federal water resources development projects provided for by General Statutes Chapter 143, Article 21."

Sec. 3.  This act applies to existing projects and programs as well as new projects and programs. The financing or operation, or both, of a project or program authorized by General Statutes Chapter 139, Article 21 of General Statutes Chapter 143, General Statutes Chapter 156, or any other law, may be discontinued under the law by which it was initiated and may be undertaken by a service district as defined in General Statutes Chapter 153A or 160A.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.