GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 768
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/97

Short Title:  Water Authority Property.	(Public)

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April 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY HOLDING A CERTIFICATE UNDER G.S. 162A-7 TO EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 162A-6 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(17)	If it holds a certificate issued by the Environmental Management Commission under G.S. 162A-7, to exercise the power of eminent domain:
a.	For the purposes enumerated in G.S. 40A-3(b)(1), (4), and (7); or
b.	To acquire property for wetlands mitigation, or
to otherwise acquire property for any of these purposes.  This subdivision grants authority for the purposes of G.S. 40A-3(b)(1) only to relocate a road or to construct a road necessitated by construction of a water supply project."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.