GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1452

Short Title:  Orange Community Sewage.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senators Lee, Walker; and Hunt.
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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs.
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June 4, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE COUNTY TO REQUIRE FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THE REPAIR AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY SYSTEMS OF SEWAGE COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 153A-121 is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read:
"(d)	A county may by ordinance regulate community systems of sewage collection, treatment and disposal by requiring the owners and the operators of such systems to provide the county with performance bonds, letters of credit or certificates of deposit in amounts sufficient to cover (i) the initial design, installation and performance of the system to design standards; (ii) system component replacement; and (iii) system maintenance.  A community system of sewage collection, treatment and disposal is one which serves more than one user and is not owned or operated by a North Carolina local government or a North Carolina Water and Sewer Authority."
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to Orange County.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.