North Carolina § 160A-462 - Joint agencies.

§ 160A-462. Joint agencies.

Units agreeing to an undertaking may establish a joint agency charged with any or all of the responsibility for the undertaking. The units may confer on the joint agency any power, duty, right, or function needed for the execution of the undertaking, except that legal title to all real property necessary to the undertaking shall be held by the participating units individually, or jointly as tenants in common, in such manner and proportion as they may determine. The participating units may appropriate funds to the joint agency on the basis of an annual budget recommended by the agency and submitted to the governing board of each unit for approval. History (1971, c. 698, s. 1.) Local Modification. - (As to subsection (a)) Clay County: 2003-127, s. 2. Cross References. - As to transfer of ownership of provisionally approved septic tanks and innovative septic tank systems to joint agency in certain counties and inspection fees in those counties, see G.S. 130A-343.1. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-153, s. 1, as amended by Session Laws 2011-345, s. 1, provides: "A joint agency created by an interlocal agreement pursuant to G.S. 160A-462 to operate a cable system that provides video programming services is allowed a refund of sales and use tax paid by it on purchases made on or after July 1, 2007, and before June 30, 2011, to the same extent allowed to a city under G.S. 105-164.14(c). Notwithstanding G.S. 105-164.14, the joint agency must make a request for a refund in writing before January 1, 2011, for sales and use tax paid on or after July 1, 2007, and before June 30, 2010."