A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide an exemption to the city of sanford by allowing the city to expand the lee county water System which is now operated by the city.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160‑216 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑216.  Authority to make special assessments.
Any city is authorized to make special assessments against benefited property within the county for:
(1)	Constructing, reconstructing, paving, widening, installing curbs and gutters, and otherwise building and improving streets;
(2)	Constructing, reconstructing, paving, widening, and otherwise building or improving sidewalks in any public street;
(3)	Constructing, reconstructing, extending, and otherwise building or improving water systems;
(4)	Constructing, reconstructing, extending, or otherwise building or improving sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on‑site collection or disposal facilities or systems;
(5)	Constructing, reconstructing, extending, and otherwise building or improving storm sewer and drainage systems."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Lee County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.