GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 585

Short Title:  City Storm Drainage.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Block.
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Referred to:  Local Government & Regional Affairs.
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CITIES TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AS A PUBLIC ENTERPRISE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-311 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-311. Public enterprise defined.
As used in this Article, the term ‘public enterprise' includes:
(1) 	Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems;
(2) 	Water supply and distribution systems;
(3) 	Sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems;
(4) 	Gas production, storage, transmission, and distribution systems, where systems shall also include the purchase and/or lease of natural gas fields and natural gas reserves, the purchase of natural gas supplies, and the surveying, drilling and any other activities related to the exploration for natural gas, whether within the State or without;
(5) 	Public transportation systems;
(6) 	Solid waste collection and disposal systems and facilities;
(7) 	Cable television systems;
(8) 	Off-street parking facilities and systems;
(9)  Airports;
(10) Structural and natural stormwater and drainage
	systems of all types."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.