NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 305

HOUSE BILL 597

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE POWERS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATION OF WATER AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 153-284 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new subdivision to read as follows:

"(3)      To establish an agency (which may be termed a board, commission, council or such other name as may be selected which shall be subject to the control of the governing body of such county) to be charged with the responsibility, in whole or in part, of exercising the powers provided in this Article. The agency may continue in operation for such period of time as the county may deem desirable. Funds may be appropriated by the governing body of such county to any such agency to be used to carry out its responsibilities, and any such appropriations shall be on the basis of an annual budget recommended by such agency and submitted to such governing body for approval. The accounting for all funds of such agency and the disbursement of all funds thereof shall be in accordance with the terms of the resolution establishing such agency."

Sec. 1.1.  This act shall apply only to Moore County.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of May, 1973.