§ 130A-72. Dissolution of certain sanitary districts.
§130A‑72. Dissolution of certain sanitary districts.
Fifty‑one percent (51%)or more of the resident freeholders of a sanitary district which has nooutstanding indebtedness may petition the board of commissioners of the countyin which all or the greater portion of the resident freeholders of the districtare located to dissolve the district. Upon receipt of the petition, the countyboard of commissioners shall notify the Department and the chairperson of thecounty board of commissioners of any other county or counties in which anyportion of the district lies, of the receipt of the petition, and shall requestthat the Department hold a joint public hearing with the county commissionersconcerning the dissolution of the district. The Secretary and the chairpersonof the county board of commissioners shall name a time and place within thedistrict for the public hearing. The county board of commissioners shall giveprior notice of the hearing by posting a notice at the courthouse door of thecounty or counties and by publication in a newspaper or newspapers withcirculation in the county or counties at least once a week for four consecutiveweeks. If all matters pertaining to the dissolution of the sanitary districtcannot be concluded at the hearing, the hearing may be continued to a time andplace determined by the Department. If after the hearing, the Commission andthe county board or boards of commissioners deem it advisable to comply withthe request of the petition, the Commission shall adopt a resolution todissolve the sanitary district. The sanitary district board of the dissolveddistrict is authorized to convey all assets, including cash, to any county,municipality, or other governmental unit, or to any public utility companyoperating or to be operated under the authority of a certificate of publicconvenience and necessity granted by the North Carolina Utilities Commission inreturn for the assumption of the obligation to provide water and sewageservices to the area served by the district at the time of dissolution. (1943,c. 620; 1951, c. 178, s. 2; 1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1967, c. 4, s. 1; 1973, c.476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)