GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 925

HOUSE BILL 2084

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND TO CONTRACT FOR WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE BID STATUTES AND TO IMPOSE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The provisions of Article 8 Chapter 143 of the General Statutes shall not apply to contracts entered into and construction and repair projects undertaken, including the purchase of materials, supplies, apparatus and equipment, by the Village of Bald Head Island for the purpose of securing adequate water supply and pressure for fire protection.  This section shall not apply to contracts entered into and projects undertaken by the Village for purposes of potable water supply.

Sec.  2.  The Bald Head Island Village Council may make special assessment against benefitted property within the corporate limits for the total costs to the Village of projects undertaken pursuant to Section 1 of this act.  In addition to the bases of assessments provided under G.S. 160A-218, the council may assess at an equal monetary amount per benefitted property.  "Benefitted property"  shall include condominium units, townhouses, improved real estate, unimproved real estate, and any and all other interests in real estate to which is assigned a separate identifiable parcel number by the Brunswick County Tax Office and which is subject to valuation and annual ad valorem taxation and which lie, or any portion of which lie within one thousand lineal feet of any main, pipe, or other point in the system from which water may be distributed for fire fighting purposes.  Such equal monetary assessment of benefitted property shall be without regard to the value or any other bases as set forth in G.S. 160A-218.  Special assessments made under this section shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of Article 10 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

Sec.  3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 1990.