GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 266
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Article 6 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 162A-94. Certain actions validated.
Any contract entered into by a county water and sewer district on or before February 1, 1995, is not invalid because of failure to comply with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 1.1. G.S. 136-27.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-27.1. Relocation of water and sewer lines of municipalities and nonprofit water or sewer corporations or associations.
The Department of Transportation shall pay the nonbetterment
cost for the relocation of water and sewer lines, located within the existing
State highway right-of-way, that are necessary to be relocated for a State
highway improvement project and that are owned by: (i) a municipality
with a population of 5,500 or less according to the latest decennial census;
(ii) a nonprofit water or sewer association or corporation; (iii) any water or
sewer system organized pursuant to Chapter 162A of the General Statutes; (iv) a
rural water system operated by county as an enterprise system; or (v)
any sanitary district organized pursuant to Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 130A
of the General Statutes. Statutes; or (vi) constructed by a water or
sewer system organized pursuant to Chapter 162A of the General Statutes and
then sold or transferred to a municipality with a population of greater than
5,500 according to the latest decennial census."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and shall not affect pending litigation.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives