NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 367

HOUSE BILL 656

AN ACT RELATING TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MOYOCK DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

WHEREAS, the Moyock Drainage District, comprising about 12,418 acres in Moyock Township, Currituck County, North Carolina, was organized on or about December 19, 1909; and

WHEREAS, the Moyock Drainage District has been inactive; has made no assessments or any drainage improvements since 1909; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for drainage improvements in the general area; and

WHEREAS, the boundaries of the area that needs drainage improvement do not coincide with the boundaries of the Moyock Drainage District; and

WHEREAS, there are no statutory provisions for decreasing the size of a Drainage District; and

WHEREAS, the existing Drainage District has to be dissolved before a Drainage District can be organized covering the entire area that needs improvement necessary to protect crops and property;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The Moyock Drainage District, Moyock Township, Currituck County, North Carolina, duly organized on or about December 19, 1909, is hereby dissolved.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of April, 1969.