§ 159B-44 – General powers of joint municipal assistance agencies and municipalities.
159B-44. General powers of joint municipal assistance agencies and municipalities. Each joint municipal assistance agency shall have all of the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and powers: (1) To establish and […]
§ 159B-45 – Dissolution.
159B-45. Dissolution. Whenever the governing board of a joint municipal assistance agency and the governing boards of its member joint agencies or municipalities shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint municipal assistance agency was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all obligations incurred by the joint municipal assistance […]
§ 159B-46 – Reports, liability, and personnel.
159B-46. Reports, liability, and personnel. (a) Each joint municipal assistance agency shall, following the closing of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the governing boards of its members. Each such report shall set forth an operating and financial statement covering the operations of the joint municipal […]
§ 159B-47 – Defense.
159B-47. Defense. (a) The board of commissioners of a joint municipal assistance agency may provide for the defense of a criminal or civil proceeding brought against any current or former commissioner, member of an executive committee, director, officer, agent or employee either in his official or individual capacity, or both, on account of any act […]
§ 159B-48 – Nonmunicipal members; constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina.
159B-48. Nonmunicipal members; constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 159B of the General Statutes or any other provision of law, any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, as defined in Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, that owns a system […]
§ 159B-49 – Associate members.
159B-49. Associate members. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 159B of the General Statutes or any other provision of law, a joint municipal assistance agency may, in its bylaws, create associate memberships. An associate member of a joint municipal assistance agency shall have only those rights, privileges, immunities, powers, authority, and responsibilities as […]
§ 159B-42 – Joint municipal assistance agencies.
159B-42. Joint municipal assistance agencies. The purpose of this Article is to authorize joint agencies or municipalities to form one or more joint municipal assistance agencies which shall be empowered to provide aid and assistance to municipalities in the construction, ownership, maintenance, expansion and operation of their electric systems, to do such other acts and […]
§ 159B-43 – Joint municipal assistance agencies authorized.
159B-43. Joint municipal assistance agencies authorized. (a) Any two or more joint agencies, or any two or more municipalities, may organize a joint municipal assistance agency, which shall be a public body and body corporate and politic. Any joint agency or municipality is hereby authorized to become a member of any such joint municipal assistance […]
§ 159B-43.1 – Alternative to board of commissioners.
159B-43.1. Alternative to board of commissioners. (a) In lieu of the provisions of G.S. 159B-43(c) through (i), a joint municipal assistance agency organized by two or more joint agencies, by resolutions adopted by each of those joint agencies, may be governed by an executive committee created pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 159B-10. In that […]