GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 516
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A SINGLE COUNTY TO ORGANIZE A WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 162A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 162A-3(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The governing body of a single county or the governing bodies of any two or more political subdivisions may by resolution signify their determination to organize an authority under the provisions of this Article. Each of such resolutions shall be adopted after a public hearing thereon, notice of which hearing shall be given by publication at least once, not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such hearing, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the political subdivision. Such notice shall contain a brief statement of the substance of the proposed resolution, shall set forth the proposed articles of incorporation of the authority and shall state the time and place of the public hearing to be held thereof. No such political subdivision shall be required to make any other publication of such resolution under the provisions of any other law."
Sec. 2. G.S. 162A-3.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in G.S. 162A-3, the governing body of a single county or the governing bodies of any two or more political subdivisions may by resolution signify their determination to organize an authority under the provisions of this section of this Article. Each of such resolutions shall be adopted after a public hearing thereon, notice of which hearing shall be given by publication at least once, not less than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such hearing, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the political subdivision. Such notice shall contain a brief statement of the substance of the proposed resolution, shall set forth the proposed articles of incorporation of the authority and shall state the time and place of the public hearing. No such political subdivision shall be required to make any other publication of such resolution under the provisions of any other law."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives