GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 648

Short Title:  Columbus Solid Waste Fees.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Mercer.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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April 10, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COLUMBUS COUNTY TO COLLECT SOLID WASTE FEES IN THE SAME MANNER AS AD VALOREM TAXES AND, IN THE CASE OF NONPAYMENT, TO IMPOSE A LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY AND TO USE ALL THE REMEDIES THAT MAY BE USED FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT AD VALOREM TAXES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 153A-293 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-293.  Collection of fees in certain counties.
(a)	A county may provide that any fee imposed under G.S. 153A-292 may be billed with the ad valorem taxes, may be payable in the same manner as ad valorem taxes, and, in the case of nonpayment, may result in the imposition of a lien on the property owner's real property in the same manner as ad valorem taxes.
(b)	This section applies to Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Burke, Caswell, Cleveland, Columbus, Duplin, Gaston, Lee, Lenoir, Montgomery, Polk, Richmond, Robeson, Transylvania, Washington, Watauga, and Wayne Counties only."
Sec. 2.  Section 1 of Chapter 1007 of the 1989 Session laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  (a)	A county may provide that any fee imposed under G.S. 153A-292 may be billed with the ad valorem taxes, may be payable in the same manner as ad valorem taxes, and, in the case of nonpayment, the same remedies may be used by a county to collect such fees as are used to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes.
(b)	This section applies to Columbus, Haywood, and Pender Counties only."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon ratification and applies to fees imposed on or after July 1, 1991.