GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 365

HOUSE BILL 854

 

AN ACT TO WAIVE COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN STATUTES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY REFUSE FIRED STEAM GENERATING FACILITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The New Hanover County Board of County Commissioners is authorized to enter into contracts to construct a refuse fired steam generating facility with electrical co- generation capabilities for New Hanover County, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143, Chapter 153A, Chapter 133, Chapter 89C, and Chapter 87 of the General Statutes.  All acts heretofore taken by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in entering into and in connection with contracts for the construction of a refuse fired steam generating facility for New Hanover County, including construction and installation of an incinerator and related appurtenances and installation of equipment and machinery required therefor, are hereby ratified and validated.  Provided, however, that the engineer whose name and seal appear on plans and specifications shall inspect the construction and installation and shall issue a signed and sealed certificate of compliance with said plans and specifications as provided by Chapter 133 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2.  This act shall apply only to New Hanover County.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.