GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 577
HOUSE BILL 1130

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES OF CAMDEN, CHOWAN, CURRITUCK, PASQUOTANK, PERQUIMANS, TYRRELL, AND WASHINGTON TO TAKE A LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY FOR DELINQUENT FEES FOR CERTAIN INSPECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may adopt an ordinance providing that any fees for the annual inspection of provisional septic tanks or other innovative septic systems approved by the county on a provisional basis may be billed as property taxes, may be payable in the same manner as property taxes, and in the case of nonpayment, may be collected in any manner by which property taxes can be collected.  If the ordinance states that delinquent fees can be collected in the same manner as real property taxes, the fees are a lien on the real property described on the bill that includes the fee.
Sec. 2.  This act applies to the Counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington only.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996, and applies to fees imposed for inspections performed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives