GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 2041

Short Title:  Rockingham County Authority.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Cole; Bowman and Holt.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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June 6, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY TO JOIN TOGETHER TO CREATE THE "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY REGIONAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY."
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Landfill Management Authority.
(a)	 Authorization.  Rockingham County and any one or more of the municipalities located within Rockingham County are hereby authorized to create a regional solid waste landfill management authority to provide environmentally sound, cost-effective management of solid waste within the jurisdictions of the participating units of local government.
(b)	 Powers.  The authority created under this act shall be created, organized, and established pursuant to Article 22, Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, except that the participating units of local government shall be specifically authorized to establish by resolution:
(1)	A system of weighted voting based upon financial contribution, past or future, to the operation of the Rockingham County Landfill;
(2)	A governing board consisting of one member from each participating unit of local government appointed by the respective unit of local government to serve a staggered term, such term to be staggered so that only one member's term expires each year;
(3)	To provide for the authority complete control over the operation of the Rockingham County Landfill;
(4)	To require each participating unit of local government to utilize the Rockingham County Landfill for solid waste disposal as determined by the authority;
(5)	To authorize the authority to set rates, hire personnel, or to contract with Rockingham County to provide personnel and administrative services;
(6)	To authorize the authority to lease from Rockingham County its landfill site and equipment for an agreed-upon sum;
(7)	To allow for dissolution of the authority upon vote of any three participating municipalities and Rockingham County; and
(8)	To provide that upon dissolution title to all properties of the authority shall pass to Rockingham County.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.