GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 300 
HOUSE BILL 673 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF WILSON TO CHARGE AN ACREAGE CHARGE FOR WATER AND SEWER AND HAVE THAT CHARGE RELATE TO DIMINISHING CAPACITY OF WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 15.2 of the Charter of the City of Wilson, being Chapter 136, Session Laws of 1969, as added by Chapter 334, Session Laws of 1979, is amended in the second sentence by deleting "may establish higher acreage charges for property", and substituting "may establish different acreage charges for property". 
Sec. 2.  Section 15.2 of the Charter of the City of Wilson, being Chapter 136, Session Laws of 1969, as added by Chapter 334, Session Laws of 1979, is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end: 
"In addition to the acreage charges authorized above, the City Council may establish and collect acreage charges for making connections to the City water and sewage system, both inside and outside the corporate limits, to aid in financing the cost of replacing the diminishing capacity of water and sewage facilities, including plants and raw water reservoirs. Such charges shall be based upon the cost of water plant or reservoir and/or sewer plant expansion or improvement as a result of continued development diminishing the capacity of these facilities. The collected charges shall be placed in a special fund designated for such improvements or expansion purposes. Such charges may differ as to the amount of the charges, depending upon location of the requested sewer and/or water connection, type of development, anticipated benefits of such development and whether or not annexation occurs. Such charges may also be periodically reviewed and changed as required by City Council." 
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1985.