NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION
CHAPTER 732
HOUSE BILL 427
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 130‑148 RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF SANITARY DISTRICTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G.S. 130‑148, as amended, is hereby further amended by placing "(a)" immediately preceding the word "If" in line one thereof, and by adding the following at the end of said Section:
"(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if a petition for extension of the boundaries of a sanitary district is signed by not less than fifty‑one per centum (51%) of the freeholders resident within the territory proposed to be annexed, it shall not be necessary to hold any election provided for by this Section on the question of the extension of the boundaries of the sanitary district.
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if a petition for extension of the boundaries of a sanitary district is signed by the owners of all the real property within the territory proposed to be annexed, it shall not be necessary to hold any election or any hearings provided for by this Section on the question of the extension of the boundaries of the sanitary district."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1961.