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NC Gen Stat § 156-117 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 8 - Assessments and Bond Issue.|§ 156-117 - Subdistricts formed.

 156-117. Subdistricts formed.Subdistricts may be formed by owners of land in main districts theretofore established in the manner provided for the organization of main districts. Such subdistricts shall have the right to use the ditches or canals of the main districts for outlets. The formation of subdistricts shall not operate to release the lands in any subdistrict from the payment of any assessment or levy made prior to the formation of such subdistricts, nor from any assessment which may thereafter be made for the completion and maintenance of the canals in main districts, or for the payment of the principal and interest on any indebtedness incurred by the main district, nor shall it give the subdistrict any claim on the funds of such main district for its local use. It shall be the duty of the drainage commissioners of the main district to control all matters pertaining to the main district drainage. Drainage commissioners for the subdistricts shall have authority and control over all matters pertaining to drainage within their respective subdistricts, except such work as belongs exclusively to the main district. (1917, c. 152, s. 8; C.S., s. 5373.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-121 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 8 - Assessments and Bond Issue.|§ 156-121 - Redress to dissatisfied landowners.

 156-121. Redress to dissatisfied landowners.Anyone owning land which has been reclassified by the board of viewers who is dissatisfied with their classification shall have the same redress as has heretofore been provided where divisions of classification have been made by a petition to the clerk or otherwise. (1923, c. 231, s. 4; C.S., s. 5373(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-122 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 8 - Assessments and Bond Issue.|§ 156-122 - Increase to extinguish debt.

 156-122. Increase to extinguish debt.If in the opinion of the board of drainage commissioners it would help the sale of the maintenance or improvement bonds, or they would deem it necessary under the provision of G.S. 156-101, they may, with the approval of the clerk of the superior court, add to the amount estimated by the board of viewers a sufficient amount to pay off all outstanding obligations of the district, leaving this their only bond issue. (1923, c. 231, s. 5; C.S., s. 5373(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-123 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 8 - Assessments and Bond Issue.|§ 156-123 - Proceedings as for original bond issue.

 156-123. Proceedings as for original bond issue.The compensation of the board of viewers and their assistants, together with all other expenses in connection with this bond issue, shall be paid in the same manner, the duties and power of the clerk, and the duties and power of the board of drainage commissioners, the bonds shall be advertised and sold, divided into such annual installments, bear such a rate of interest, the landowners shall be given the same notices and the same rights to pay cash, the contract shall be let and supervised, and contractor paid the same, as if this was the original bond issue. (1923, c. 231, s. 6; C.S., s. 5373(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-124 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 8 - Assessments and Bond Issue.|§ 156-124 - No drainage assessments for original object may be levied on property when once paid in full.

 156-124. No drainage assessments for original object may be levied on property when once paid in full.Whenever any assessment has been made or may be made by any drainage district formed under the laws of the State of North Carolina upon any lands in said district, either for construction or maintenance of its system of drainage or for any other purpose, and the particular assessment made against any particular piece of property has been paid or shall be hereafter paid in full, then and in that event no other or further assessment may be made upon said land for the purpose of providing money for the purpose for which the original assessment was made. (1933, c. 504; 1935, c. 469, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 9 - Adjustment of Delinquent Assessments.|§ 156-125 - Adjustment by board of commissioners authorized.

 156-125. Adjustment by board of commissioners authorized.The board of commissioners of any drainage district may, in connection with the issuance of bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of the district, and in addition to preparing a new assessment roll, for the payment of principal and interest of such refunding bonds, and when the bonds so refunded constitute all of the bonds of the district for which an assessment has been made against property therein, adjust the uncollected delinquent installments of the assessment made upon property in the district, for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds so refunded and for other purposes authorized by law before said bonds were refunded. The adjustment of such delinquent assessments may include reduction of the principal amount of the delinquent installments, not exceeding fifty per centum (50%) thereof, to which reduced installments shall be added interest computed thereon, at a rate not less than the rate of interest of the refunding bonds, from the date of delinquency of said installments to the date of the refunding bonds, and shall include any costs legally incurred for the collection of the same; the date of delinquency shall be deemed to be the first day of December following the date upon which each of said installments became due: Provided, however, all delinquent installments of such assessment shall be adjusted on the same basis and by the same method. (1935, c. 469, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 9 - Adjustment of Delinquent Assessments.|§ 156-126 - Extension of adjusted installments.

 156-126. Extension of adjusted installments.Upon adjustment of delinquent installments of any assessment as provided herein, the payment of all delinquent installments so adjusted may be extended over a period not exceeding the life of the issue of refunding bonds, but in no event over a period exceeding 20 years. Such extension shall be made by the preparation of assessment rolls, which shall provide for the payment of installments so adjusted in equal annual installments which shall become due annually on September 1, in accordance with the original assessment, and shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum (4%) per annum from December 1 following their due date until paid. Such assessment rolls shall be prepared and filed with the sheriff and the clerk of superior court and receipts shall be prepared and the same shall be collected in the same manner as other assessments of the district. (1935, c. 469, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 9 - Adjustment of Delinquent Assessments.|§ 156-127 - Special fund set up; distribution of collections.

 156-127. Special fund set up; distribution of collections.The collection of assessments adjusted under this Article and of interest accrued under G.S. 156-126 shall be set aside in a fund and shall be applied as follows: One third of such collections may be used solely for operating and administrative expenses of the district, but the remaining two thirds thereof shall be reserved as additional security for the payment of the refunding bonds, or for the purchase and retirement of such refunding bonds, at prices not exceeding par and accrued interest. (1935, c. 469, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 9 - Adjustment of Delinquent Assessments.|§ 156-128 - Approval of adjustments by Local Government Commission.

 156-128. Approval of adjustments by Local Government Commission.Any adjustments of delinquent assessments under the provisions of this Article shall be effective only upon approval of the Local Government Commission. (1935, c. 469, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-129 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 9 - Adjustment of Delinquent Assessments.|§ 156-129 - Amount of assessments limited; reassessments regulated.

 156-129. Amount of assessments limited; reassessments regulated.The assessments made under this Article shall in no instance, and against no piece of property, be greater in amount than that percent which the percent assessment authorized by this Article bears to the unpaid original assessment upon each piece or tract of property within the district. In no instance, either under this Article or any other law, shall any reassessment be made upon any piece of property for the purpose of providing money for the same purpose for which the original assessment was made, when the original assessment upon said property has been paid, or shall be paid prior to such general reassessment, nor to the extent that the original assessment has been paid. (1935, c. 469, s. 4(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-130 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 10 - Reports of Officers.|§ 156-130 - Drainage commissioners to make statements.

 156-130. Drainage commissioners to make statements.It shall be the duty of the commissioners of all drainage districts in the State of North Carolina organized under the provisions of the laws thereof to file with the clerk of the superior court in the county where such district is organized a monthly statement or account during the course of construction of canals for the district, showing the receipts and expenditures of all funds coming into their hands belonging to such drainage district for the period of one month prior to the day on which the same is filed, and also to post a copy of such statement or account at the courthouse door in the county. After the construction of the canals has been concluded and the drainage commissioners have only to maintain the canals, said drainage commissioners shall only be required to file and post the annual statement required in G.S. 156-131. Such statement or account shall be certified by the chairman of the board of commissioners of each drainage district and shall be attested by the secretary thereof, and a copy thereof shall be filed and kept as a part of the minutes of the district. (1917, c. 72, s. 1; C.S., s. 5374; 1927, c. 98, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-131 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 10 - Reports of Officers.|§ 156-131 - Annual report.

 156-131. Annual report.At the end of each fiscal year the board of commissioners of all drainage districts in the State of North Carolina shall file with the clerk of the superior court in the county where the district is organized a verified itemized statement of receipts and expenditures of all funds belonging to the district during the fiscal year just closed. (1917, c. 72, s. 2; C.S., s. 5375; 1957, c. 1410, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-132 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 10 - Reports of Officers.|§ 156-132 - Penalty for failure.

 156-132. Penalty for failure.Any board of commissioners of any drainage district in the State, and each of the members thereof, which shall fail or refuse to file the statements or accounts, as provided in G.S. 156-130 and 156-131, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1917, c. 72, s. 3; C.S., s. 5376; 1957, c. 1410, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 1079; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 10 - Reports of Officers.|§ 156-133 - Auditor appointed; duties; compensation.

 156-133. Auditor appointed; duties; compensation.The clerk of the superior court for the county where the district was organized, shall annually appoint an intelligent and competent person of sufficient experience, as auditor for each drainage district which levies current assessments or which has accumulated funds. The same person may be auditor of more than one drainage district. The auditor shall annually report to the court as to financial affairs of the drainage district. The auditor may prepare all financial reports required by the drainage law to be made to the court by the commissioners of the drainage district. The compensation of the auditor shall be fixed by the said clerk of the superior court, and shall be paid out of the general, or operating, fund of the district. (1917, c. 152, s. 10; 1919, c. 208, s. 3; C.S., s. 5377; 1959, c. 420; 1963, c. 767, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-134 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 10 - Reports of Officers.|§ 156-134 - Duties of the auditor.

 156-134. Duties of the auditor.The auditor for the drainage district will be required to examine the assessment roll and the records and accounts of the sheriff or tax collector as to the assessment roll which went into his hands on the previous first Monday in September and for all previous years as to which the records and accounts of the sheriff or tax collector have not been audited.The auditor shall for each of such years make a report as to each drainage district, showing the total amount of drainage assessments due for each year, the amount collected by the sheriff up to the fifteenth day of May of the following year, the names of the owners of land, and a brief description of the lands on which the drainage assessments have not been paid, and the total amount of unpaid drainage assessments, with any further data or information which the auditor may regard as pertinent.If the lands in the district lie in other counties, the auditor for the county in which the district was established shall also examine the records of the sheriff or tax collector for such other counties.The auditor shall also examine the books of the treasurer for similar years, and he shall report the amount of drainage assessments paid to the treasurer by the sheriff or tax collector for each year, and the amounts paid out by the treasurer during such years, and for what purposes paid. It shall be the duty of the sheriff and treasurer to permit the auditor to examine their official books and records and to furnish all necessary information, and to assist the auditor in the discharge of his duties.The auditor shall make a report to the board of county commissioners on or before the first Monday in July following his appointment, and he shall deliver a duplicate of such report to the chairman of the board of drainage commissioners of each drainage district established in the county.If the sheriff has not collected all of the drainage assessments, or has not paid over all collections to the treasurer, or if the treasurer has not made disbursements of the drainage funds as required by law, or has not in his hands the funds not so disbursed by him, it shall be the duty of the auditor to so report, and to prepare two certified copies of his report, one of which shall be delivered to the judge holding a session of superior court in the county following the first Monday in July, and a copy to the district attorney of the prosecutorial district as defined in G.S. 7A-60 in which the county is located, and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to examine carefully such report and to institute such action, civil or criminal, against the sheriff or tax collector or the treasurer, as the facts contained in the report may justify, or as may be required by law. (1917, c. 152, s. 10; C.S., s. 5378; 1963, c. 767, s. 4; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; c. 108, s. 97; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 124.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-135 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-135 - Construction of drainage law.

 156-135. Construction of drainage law.The provisions of this Subchapter shall be liberally construed to promote the leveeing, ditching, draining, and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands. The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated, where the proper notices have been given, by reason of any defect in the proceedings occurring prior to the order of the court confirming the final report of the viewers; but such order or orders shall be conclusive and final that all prior proceedings were regular and according to law, unless they were appealed from. If on appeal the court shall deem it just and proper to release any person or to modify his assessment or liability, it shall in no manner affect the rights and legality of any person other than the appellant, and the failure to appeal from the order of the court within the time specified shall be a waiver of any illegality in the proceedings, and the remedies provided for in this Subchapter shall exclude all other remedies. (1909, c. 442, s. 37; C.S., s. 5379.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-135.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-135.1 - Investment of surplus funds.

 156-135.1. Investment of surplus funds.Any drainage district organized under the provisions of Subchapter III of Chapter 156 of the General Statutes and the governing authority of same is hereby authorized and empowered to invest any surplus funds or any funds not needed for the immediate use of the district in United States bonds or any securities or type of investment in which guardians, executors, administrators and others acting in a fiduciary capacity are authorized to make investments by virtue of Article 1 of Chapter 36 of the General Statutes as amended. (1951, c. 1058, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-136 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-136 - Removal of officers.

 156-136. Removal of officers.Any engineer, viewer, superintendent of construction or other person appointed under this Chapter may be removed by the court, upon petition, for corruption, negligence of duties, or other good and satisfactory cause shown. (1909, c. 442, s. 38; C.S., s. 5380.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-137 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-137 - Local drainage laws not affected.

 156-137. Local drainage laws not affected.This Subchapter shall not repeal or change any local drainage laws already enacted. (1909, c. 442, s. 38 1/2; C.S., s. 5381.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-138 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-138 - Punishment for violating law as to drainage districts.

 156-138. Punishment for violating law as to drainage districts.If any person shall violate any of the provisions of law in reference to drainage districts as provided in this Chapter, or shall leave any log, brush, trash, or other thing where it is liable to wash into an adjacent stream and obstruct the flow of water or cut any tree so as to fall in a stream, or place any other obstruction in a stream in a drainage district, he shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days. (1905, c. 541, ss. 7, 9; Rev., s. 3378; C.S., s. 5382.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-138.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-138.1 - Acquisition and disposition of lands; lease to or from federal or State government or agency thereof.

 156-138.1. Acquisition and disposition of lands; lease to or from federal or State government or agency thereof.The district may acquire any lands necessary or convenient to enable it to accomplish the purposes for which the district was established. If the lands cannot be acquired by agreement as to the purchase price, then the power of eminent domain is hereby conferred and the lands may be condemned by the procedure set out in G.S. 156-67 and Chapter 40A of the General Statutes. The land so acquired may be used in a manner and for the purposes the commissioners of the district deem best. If, in the opinion of the drainage commission of the district the lands should be sold, leased or rented, the board may do so, subject to the approval of the clerk of the superior court.The commissioners of the district may, in their discretion, convey or lease to the State or federal governments, or any of their agencies, with or without consideration, any properties, real or personal, belonging to the district, if in their opinion it is necessary to enable the district to receive State or federal funds available to the district. The terms of a conveyance or lease shall be subject to the approval of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the district was established.The commissioners of the district may lease from the State or federal governments any real or personal property needed by the district to enable it to efficiently operate and maintain the district for the purposes for which it was established. The terms of a lease shall be subject to the approval of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the district was established. (1957, c. 539; 2001-487, s. 38(h).)
NC Gen Stat § 156-138.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-138.2 - Meaning of "majority of resident landowners" and "owners of three fifths of land area."

 156-138.2. Meaning of "majority of resident landowners" and "owners of three fifths of land area."Wherever in this Subchapter reference is made to a "majority of resident landowners" or "owners of three fifths of the land area," such reference shall be deemed to refer only to lands alleged in a petition or adjudged by the court to be benefited by the proposed construction work. (1959, c. 1312, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-138.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-138.3 - Notice.

 156-138.3. Notice.Unless specifically required by the provisions of this Subchapter, it is not necessary to give notice to any landowner of a motion made to, or order rendered by the clerk of the superior court or the judge of the superior court relating to the affairs of the district, financial or otherwise, except when an assessment is proposed to be made upon his land and then such notice shall be given as is required by the provisions of this Subchapter. This provision for notice of assessment shall not apply to assessments for annual maintenance expenses, which are provided for in this Subchapter, and specifically in Article 7A and G.S. 156-92. (1961, c. 614, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 156-138.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 156 - Drainage|Article 11 - General Provisions.|§ 156-138.4 - Procedures to be followed in connection with drainage projects that involve channelization.

 156-138.4. Procedures to be followed in connection with drainage projects that involve channelization.Every drainage project that involves channelization shall be subject to the procedures set forth in G.S. 139-47. (1971, c. 1138, s. 4.)