GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 1579

Short Title:  Montgomery Delinquent Utility Bill.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Hightower; and Goodwin.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I, if favorable, Finance.

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May 28, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY TO COLLECT UTILITY BILLS AS IF THEY WERE TAXES DUE TO THE COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Whenever water supply or distribution or sewage collection or disposal is provided by a county under Article 15 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, and the person legally responsible for payment of the rents, rates, fees or charges for the service fails to pay such rents, rates, fees or charges for more than 60 days after they became delinquent, the county providing the service may treat the amount due as if it were a tax due to the county and may proceed to collect the amount due through the use of levy on tangible personal property under G.S. 105-366 and G.S. 105-367.
Section 2.  This act applies to Montgomery County only.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.