GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 734
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/97

Short Title:  Clarifying G.S. 153A-15.	(Public)

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY G.S. 153A-15 TO EXEMPT PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING CONSENT FROM COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 153A-15 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( d)	The provisions of this section do not apply when the condemnation or acquisition is for the purpose of developing, maintaining, improving, or otherwise constructing a public water supply or distribution system, and when the condemnor or acquiring county has:
(1)	A population of greater than 60,000, based on the most recent federal decennial census,
(2)	A geographic area of less than 375 square miles, and,
(3)	No river within its boundaries."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.