GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 712
HOUSE BILL 910

AN ACT TO EXEMPT PRIVATE LANDS EXCLUSIVELY USED FOR STORM DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-188 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-188.  Lands exempt from assessment. – Except as provided in this Article, no land within a county is exempt from special assessments except:
(1) land belonging to the United States that is exempt under the provisions of federal statutes ;
(2)	in the case of water or sewer projects, land within any floodway delineated by a local government pursuant to Chapter 143, Article 21, Part 6; 
(3)	in the case of water or sewer projects, land owned, leased, or controlled by a railroad company; or
(4)	where required by local ordinances, private lands exclusively used for storm drainage purposes or for docks, ramps, subdivision parks, and greenways is exempt from assessments by a county ."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to Brunswick County only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of July, 1987.