GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

HOUSE BILL 845
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT EXPANDING THE PERMISSIBLE PURPOSES OF THE GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO CHARGE APPROPRIATE FEES FOR EXPANDED SERVICES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  In addition to the allowable public enterprises that the City of Greenville and the Greenville Utilities Commission may undertake pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 861 of the 1991 Session Laws, the City of Greenville and the Greenville Utilities Commission shall have the authority, with the approval of the City Council of the City of Greenville, to acquire, construct, establish, enlarge, improve, maintain, own, operate, or contract for the operation of the following:
(1)	Steam and chilled water supply and distribution systems, if the system is located within the Greenville Industrial Park, and is located entirely within the corporate limits of the City of Greenville or its extraterritorial jurisdiction area; or
(2)	Public enterprises, as defined in G.S. 160A-311,  of a public or private entity other than the City of Greenville, if approved by the governing body of the entity, and if the enterprise is located within Pitt County.
Section 2.  The City of Greenville and the Commission may charge appropriate fees for any expanded services offered pursuant to this act.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1999.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	James B. Black
				eaker of the House of Representatives