AN ACT to authorize a county to impose a special assessment for repair of a Dam.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑210.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	Purpose of Dam Repair. – The General Assembly finds that dam repair is a public purpose promoting flood control and public safety."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 153A‑210.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Sunset. – This Article expires July 1, 2015. For projects authorized in G.S. 153A‑210.2(a1), this Article expires July 1, 2019. The expiration does not affect the validity of assessments imposed or bonds issued or authorized under the provisions of this Article prior to the effective date of the expiration."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 153A‑210.2 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	Dam Repair Project. – The board of commissioners of a county may make special assessments as provided in this Article against property that is contiguous to a lake, and benefits from access to the same lake, for the purpose of repairing the dam of that lake. The provisions of this subsection only apply to a privately owned dam formerly used for textile mill purposes, forming a lake between 225 and 325 acres in area."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of July, 2014.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim D. Moffitt
	 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives

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		 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2014