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§162A-88.1
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<br />CH 162A. WATER AND ~EWER SYSTEMS
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<br /> the power to mandate connections and to
<br /> charges for those connections under § 153A.
<br /> 284. The plain wording of § 153A-284 clearly
<br /> supports this conclusion. Mc~eill v. Harnett
<br /> County, 327 N C. 552, 398 S.E.2d 475 (1990).
<br /> Water and sewer districts may contract
<br /> with counties to carry out their purposes.
<br /> McNedl v. Harnett County, 327 N.C. 552, 398
<br /> S E.2d 475 (1990).
<br /> Power of County to Exercise Rights,
<br />Powers and Functions Granted to Water
<br />and Sewer Districts. -- Pursuant to an
<br />mterlocal cooperative agreement and pursuant
<br />to authomty granted in Article 15 of Chapter
<br />153A, a county may, among other things, oper-
<br />ate a water and/or sewer system for and on
<br />behalf of anotl~er unit of local government, such
<br />as a water and 'sewer district, and in conjunc-
<br />bom therewith may exermse those mgh~, pow-
<br />ers, and functions granted to water and sewer
<br />districts as found tn ~his sect/on and those
<br />mghts, powers, and func~ons granted to coun-
<br />ties [n Ch. 153A, Art. 1~. McNeill v. Harnett
<br />County, 327 N.C. 552, 398 S.E.2d 475 (1990).
<br /> Financing a. Proj oct by Charging for Set*
<br />vices "'ro Be Furnished." ~ A local govern-
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<br />§162A-90
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<br /> merit is not required to uae an assessment
<br /> procedure to finance a pro, oct, and a sewer
<br /> district may effectively finance a project
<br /> through ~s authomty to charge for servtces
<br /> be Furnished" pursuant to this section. McNeill
<br /> v. Harnett County, 327 N C. 552, 398 S.E.2d
<br /> 475 (1990).
<br /> User Fees Are Not Limited. -- The provi-
<br />sions of thru section authorizing user fees for
<br />services "to be furnished" is not limited to the
<br />financing of maintenance and ~mprovemente of
<br />existing customers. McNeill v. Harnett County,
<br />327 N.C. 552, 398 S.E.2d ~75 (1990)
<br /> Annexation of Wa~er and Sewer District.
<br />-- Trtal cour~ did not err m holding ~hat c~ty
<br />could lawfully annex part of water and sewer
<br />distrtct, even though a water and sewer district
<br />under this chapter is termed a municipal
<br />poratmn; a wa~er and sewer district is a mumc.
<br />~pa[ corporation organized for a special pur-
<br />pose, which does not quali~ as a mumcipal
<br />corporatmn for purposes of Chapter 160A.
<br />Thrash v. Cl~y of Ashevdle, 95 N.C. App. 457,
<br />383 S.E.~d 657 (1989), rev'd on other grounds,
<br />327 N.C. 251, 393 S.E.2d 842 (1990).
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<br /> § 162A-88.1. Contracts with private entities.
<br /> A county water and sewer district ma½ contract with and appropriate money
<br />to any person, ass_oeiation, or corporation, in order to carry out any public
<br />purpose that the county water and sewer district is authorized by law to
<br />engage in. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 696, s. 5; c. 714, s. 5.)
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<br />§ 162A-89. Governing body of district; powers.
<br /> (a) The board of commissioners of the county in which a county water and
<br />sewer dmtrict is created is the governing body of the district.
<br /> (b) The governing board of a consolidated city-county in which a water and
<br />sewer district is created is the governing body of the district. (1977, c. 466, s.
<br />1; 1995, c. 461, s. 8.)
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<br />§ 162A-89.1. Eminent domain power authorized.
<br /> A county water and sewer district shall have the power of eminent domain,
<br />to be exercised in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General
<br />Statutes, over the acquisition of any improved or unimproved lands or rights
<br />in land, within or without the district. (1977, 'c. 466, s. 1; 1983, c. 735, s. 1; 1987,
<br />c. 2, s. 2.)
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<br /> CASE NOTES
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<br /> Cited m Pinehurst v. Re~onal Invs., 97 N.C.
<br />App. 114, 387 S.E.2d 222 (1990).
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<br />§ !.62A-90. Bonds and notes authorized.
<br />· A county water and sewer district may from time to time issue general
<br />obhgation and revenue bonds and bond anticipation notes pursuant to the
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