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In North Carolina, United States, the Sullivan Acts are a set of statutes passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in response to the bankrupting of all sewer and water districts in the City of Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina. As provided in the statute (Sullivan Act I), only the City of Asheville, in the provision of water, may not charge a higher rate for consumers outside city limits.〔 Since the enactment of the legislation, several significant changes have come to Asheville: economic prosperity, adoption and termination of a City-County water agreement, and repeated efforts at overturning the legislation.〔 While there are three Acts, the final two are modifications of the water agreement between the City of Asheville and Buncombe County.〔 Considering the scope of issues, ranging from home rule to water rights, many different avenues of solutions have been sought. The State Representative for the area (District 116), Tim Moffitt, initiated a study committee on the issue, but was met with local opposition.〔 Many local citizens saw the move as continued domination by the North Carolina General Assembly and sought to regain water rights for Asheville.〔 The study committee has recently decided to move control of the water system from the city to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.〔 ==Timeline== Below is the timeline of major events relating to the Sullivan Acts.〔 * 1920's: "Water districts emerge outside the city, taxing their own residents. They go broke during the Great Depression, and Buncombe County takes on the debt...Asheville eventually annexes the areas, taking on the debt." * 1933: The Sullivan Act is passed. * 1955: "Asheville passes higher water rates for noncity customers." * 1958: "North Carolina Supreme Court upholds Sullivan and finds the higher rates illegal." * 1981: "Buncombe County and Asheville form a water authority, but it is not fully independent. The agreement allows each government to take money from water system profits." * 2004: City announces termination of the water authority, per agreement rules, and plans to take control of the system. * June 29, 2005: The North Carolina General Assembly "passes Sullivan II and Sullivan III, reinforcing the rate structure, requiring Asheville to extend water service to noncity residents and mandating that all water revenue go back into the water system." * June 30, 2005: "The water agreement ends and the system becomes an Asheville department." * August 10, 2005: "Asheville sues over the Sullivan Acts in Wake County Superior Court." * February 2, 2007: "Judge Howard E. Manning Jr., finds in favor of the state and county." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Carolina Sullivan Acts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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