NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 358

HOUSE BILL 629

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 761 OF THE 1963 SESSION LAWS RELATING TO WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN FORSYTH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 4 of Chapter 761 of the 1963 Session Laws be amended by deleting the words "for this purpose," as the same appears in line 12 of said Section 4.

Sec. 2. That there be added to Chapter 761 of the 1963 Session Laws a new Section to be numbered Section 4 ½ and to read as follows:

"Whenever the Board of County Commissioners of Forsyth County, as Trustees of the Watershed Improvement District, determines that it is necessary to enter upon the property of any person, firm or corporation in order to make soil tests to determine the feasibility of said soil for watershed improvement purposes, the said Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized to enter an order authorizing such entry by the representatives of any governmental unit or any person, firm or corporation designated by the Board of County Commissioners authorizing such entry; and in such case such entry may be made with or without the consent of the property owner; provided, however, this authority shall be exercised in a reasonable manner with the entry being made at a reasonable time and in a reasonable way, and every effort must be made not to unduly interfere with the normal operations of the property owner, and every effort must be made to return the area of the property owner to the same condition after said soil tests are made as it was before said soil tests were made."

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply only to Forsyth County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1967.