NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 969
HOUSE BILL 1015

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 24-A OF CHAPTER 153 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF WATER AND SEWER LINES BY MAKING THE SAME APPLICABLE TO LEE COUNTY, WITH MODIFICATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 153-294.19 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by deleting the word "Lee" from the sixth line of said Section.
Sec. 2.  Section 153-294.18 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sentence: "Provided, this Section shall not apply to the Board of Commissioners of Lee County."
Sec. 3.  Section 153-294.7 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph to read as follows:
"Provided, the board of commissioners shall not adopt any resolution directing the undertaking of any project calling for the extension of water and sewer lines and the special assessment, of part or all of the cost thereof, against any lands devoted to agricultural uses unless (a) the board has first received a petition requesting such project signed by more than fifty per cent (50%) of the owners of all lands in agricultural uses which would be subject to special assessment, and (b) more than fifty per cent (50%) of the total assessments against such lands in agricultural uses would be against lands owned by signers of the petition. Provided further, the limitation in the previous sentence shall apply only to Lee County."
Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1965.