§ 159B-28 – Personnel.
159B-28. Personnel. Personnel employed or appointed by a municipality to work on a joint project or for a joint agency shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities (including coverage under the workers’ compensation laws) which the officers, agents and employees of the appointing municipality enjoy within the territory of that municipality, whether within […]
§ 159B-29 – Dissolution of joint agencies.
159B-29. Dissolution of joint agencies. Whenever the governing board of a joint agency and the governing boards of its member municipalities shall by resolution or ordinance determine that the purposes for which the joint agency was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds theretofore issued and all other obligations theretofore incurred by the […]
§ 159B-30 – Annual reports.
159B-30. Annual reports. Each joint 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 member municipalities and to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Each such report shall set forth in a form prescribed by the North Carolina Utilities […]
§ 159B-30.1 – Additional reports.
159B-30.1. Additional reports. Beginning March 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, each joint agency operating under the authority of Chapter 159B of the General Statutes shall file a report with the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural […]
§ 159B-31 – Legislative consent to the application of laws of other states.
159B-31. Legislative consent to the application of laws of other states. Legislative consent is hereby given (1) To the application of the laws of other states with respect to taxation, payments in lieu of taxes, and the assessment thereof, to any municipality or joint agency created pursuant to this Chapter, which has acquired or has […]
§ 159B-32 – Government grants and loans.
159B-32. Government grants and loans. The governing board of any municipality or joint agency is hereby authorized to make application and to enter into contracts for and to accept grants-in-aid and loans from the federal and State governments and their agencies for planning, acquiring, constructing, expanding, maintaining and operating any project or facility, or participating […]
§ 159B-24 – Approval and sale of bonds.
159B-24. Approval and sale of bonds. Prior to the acquisition or the commencement of construction of any project consisting of a system or facilities for the generation of power and energy which is to be financed by the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Chapter, the participating municipalities or joint agency, as the […]
§ 159B-10 – Executive committee, composition; powers and duties; terms.
159B-10. Executive committee, composition; powers and duties; terms. (a) The board of commissioners of a joint agency may create an executive committee by resolution. The board may provide for the composition and terms of office of, and the method of filling vacancies on, the executive committee. The executive committee may include representatives of the joint […]
§ 159B-11 – General powers of joint agencies; prerequisites to undertaking projects.
159B-11. General powers of joint agencies; prerequisites to undertaking projects. (a) Each joint agency shall have all of the rights and powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for […]
§ 159B-12 – Sale of capacity and output by a joint agency; support contracts; other contracts with a joint agency.
159B-12. Sale of capacity and output by a joint agency; support contracts; other contracts with a joint agency. (a) Any municipality which is a member of the joint agency may contract to buy from the joint agency power and energy for its present or future requirements, including the capacity and output of one or more […]