NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 251

HOUSE BILL 494

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL STATUTES CHAPTERS 139 AND 153A CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES TO CONDUCT WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. General Statutes Chapter 139 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be numbered G.S. 139-41.1 and to read as follows:

"§ 139-41.1. Powers of counties that are not authorized to levy watershed improvement taxes. - A county may exercise any of the powers set out in this Article without having been authorized to levy a watershed improvement tax pursuant to the procedures of G.S. 139-39 and G.S. 139-40 or otherwise."

Sec. 2. General Statutes Chapter 153A is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be numbered G.S. 153A-440.1 and to read as follows:

"§ 153A-440.1. Watershed improvement programs. - A county may establish and maintain a county watershed improvement program pursuant to G.S. 139-41 or G.S. 139-41.1 and for these purposes may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. A county watershed improvement program or project may also be financed pursuant to G.S. 153A-301 or by any other financing method available to counties for this purpose."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1981.