AN ACT to authorize the city of sanford to make special assessments against benefited property within lee county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑216 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑216.  Authority to make special assessments.
Any city is authorized to make special assessments against benefited property within the corporate boundaries of the county in which it primarily lies 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 the City of Sanford only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2008.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives