§ 153A-275. Authority to operate public enterprises. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑275. Authority to operate public enterprises.

(a)        A county may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct,establish, enlarge, improve, extend, maintain, own, operate, and contract forthe operation of public enterprises in order to furnish services to the countyand its citizens. A county may acquire, construct, establish, enlarge, improve,maintain, own, and operate outside its borders any public enterprise.

(b)        A county may adopt adequate and reasonable rules to protectand regulate a public enterprise belonging to or operated by it. The rulesshall be adopted by ordinance, shall apply to the public enterprise system bothwithin and outside the county, and may be enforced with the remedies availableunder any provision of law. (1955, c. 370; 1957, c. 266, s. 3; 1961, c. 514, s. 1; c. 1001, s. 1;1967, c. 462; 1971, c. 568; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c.836, s. 2.)