§ 130A-343.1. Transfer of ownership of provisionally approved septic tanks and innovative septic tank systems to joint agency in certain counties; inspection fees in those counties.
§ 130A‑343.1. Transferof ownership of provisionally approved septic tanks and innovative septic tanksystems to joint agency in certain counties; inspection fees in those counties.
(a) As used in thissection, "provisionally approved septic tank or innovative septic tanksystem" means a septic tank system located in soil that is classified asprovisionally suitable or an innovative septic tank system, as those terms areused in Subchapter 18A of Chapter 18 of Title 15A of the North Carolina AdministrativeCode, G.S. 130A‑343, and any applicable local rules or ordinances.
(b) As used in thissubsection, "unit of local government" has the same meaning as inG.S. 160A‑460. One or more units of local government located in theCounties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans,Tyrrell, and Washington may establish a joint agency for the purpose of owningand operating a provisionally approved septic tank or innovative septic tanksystem as provided in Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.Bertie County may join any joint agency established under this subsection. Theowner of any provisionally approved septic tank or innovative septic tanksystem may, upon acceptance by a joint agency established under thissubsection, transfer ownership of any real or personal property or interesttherein that is a part of or used in connection with the provisionally approvedseptic tank or innovative septic tank system to the joint agency.Notwithstanding G.S. 160A‑462(a), a joint agency created pursuant to thissubsection may hold real property necessary to the undertaking. Any countynamed in this subsection may accept real or personal property described in thissubsection from the owner of the property for transfer to a joint agency establishedas provided in this subsection.
(c) The Counties ofBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans,Tyrrell, and Washington may adopt an ordinance providing that any fee for theinspection, maintenance, and repair of a provisionally approved septic tank orother innovative septic tank system may be billed as property taxes, may bepayable in the same manner as property taxes, and in the case of nonpayment,may be collected in any manner by which property taxes can be collected. If theordinance states that delinquent fees can be collected in the same manner asdelinquent real property taxes, the delinquent fees are a lien on the realproperty described on the bill that includes the fee. (1999‑288, ss. 1‑3; 2001‑78, ss. 1‑3.)