NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1074

SENATE BILL 370

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 160‑249 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR THE BILLING AND COLLECTING OF CHARGES FOR SEWERAGE SERVICE PROVIDED BY MUNICIPALITIES WHICH DO NOT ALSO PROVIDE WATER SERVICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 160‑249 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The governing body of any municipality which maintains and operates a system of sewerage but does not maintain and operate a water distribution system is hereby authorized to arrange with the owner or operator of any water distribution system supplying water to the owner, lessee or tenant of real property which is served by such sewerage system for such owner or operator to act as the billing and collecting agent of the municipality for any charges, rents or penalties imposed by the municipality for the services provided by such sewerage system, and any such owner or operator is hereby authorized to act as the billing and collecting agent of the municipality for such purpose. Any such owner or operator shall, if requested by the municipality, furnish to the municipality copies of such regular periodic meter reading and water consumption record and other pertinent data as the municipality may require to do its own billing and collecting. The municipality shall pay to such owner or operator the reasonable additional expenses incurred by such owner or operator in rendering such services to the municipality."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of June, 1961.