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<br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
<br />SESSION 1999
<br />SESSION LAW 2000-107
<br />HOUSE BILL 1768
<br />AN P.CT MAKING OMNIBUS CHANGES TO CERTAIN GENERAL AND LOCAL LAWS
<br />AFFECTING CARTERET, ORANGE, AND PENDER COUNTIES.
<br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
<br />PART I. CARTERET, ORANGE, 'AND PENDER COUNTIES ADDED TO THOSE
<br />COUNTIES USING ATTACHI~NT AND GARNISHMENT IN THE
<br />COLLECTION OF ALrIDULANCE SERVICE FEES
<br />Section 1. G.S. 44-51.8 reads as rewritten:
<br />"§ 44-51.8. Counties to which Article
<br />applies.
<br />The provisions of this Article shall apply only to Alamance,
<br />?~lexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick,
<br />Bundombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Caswell,
<br />~atawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven,
<br />Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe,
<br />Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford,
<br />Elalifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde,
<br />Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon,
<br />Kadison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New
<br />:ianover, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender,
<br />Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham,
<br />rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry,
<br />Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren,
<br />i~ashington, Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and Yancey Counties."
<br />PART II. REGULATION OF OPEN BURNING
<br />Section 2. G.S. 153A-136 reads as rewritten:
<br />"§ 153A-136. Regulation of solid wastes.
<br />(a) A county may by ordinance regulate the storage,
<br />collection, transportation, use, disposal, and other disposition
<br />~f solid wastes. Such an ordinance may:
<br />(1) Regulate the activities of persons, firms, and
<br />corporations, both public and private.
<br />(2) Require each person wishing to commercially collect
<br />or dispose of solid wastes to secure a license from the
<br />county and prohibit any person from commercially collecting
<br />or disposing of solid wastes without a license. A fee may be
<br />charged for a license.
<br />(3) Grant a franchise to one or more persons for the
<br />exclusive right to commercially collect or dispose of solid
<br />wastes within all or a defined portion of the county and
<br />prohibit any other person from commercially collecting or
<br />disposing of solid wastes in that area. The board of
<br />commissioners may set the terms of any franchise, except
<br />that no franchise may be granted for a period exceeding 30
<br />years, nor may any franchise by its terms impair the
<br />authority of the board of commissioners to regulate fees as
<br />authorized by this section.
<br />(4) .Regulate the fees, if any, that may be charged by
<br />licensed or franchised persons for collecting or disposing
<br />of solid wastes.
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