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28732
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A central legal question in most lawsuits challenging flow control has been whether a flow-control ordinance, which directs solid waste generated within a local government’s boundaries, violates the commerce clause of the United States Constitution. Implications to solid waste management in North Carolina are discussed.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 59, June 1994, p1-3, f
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28734
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This bulletin summarizes a United States Supreme Court decision that struck down a local ordinance that prohibited a resident of Ladue, Missouri, from displaying an antiwar sign in a window of her home. It discusses implications for North Carolina local governments wishing to regulate the display of signs on residential property.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 61, Aug 1994, p1-5, f
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28736
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The 1994 North Carolina General Assembly made changes to the open meetings law, including the definition of a public body, and authorizations to hold closed sessions. This bulletin discusses the changes and identifies some of the areas of uncertainty.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 64, Sept 1994, p1-8, f
Record #:
28740
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This bulletin discusses three decisions of the courts of appeals regarding North Carolina local governments' attempts to control the disposal of solid waste by using measures crafted to avoid the discriminatory aspects of flow avoid the discriminatory aspects found invalid in that case.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 71, Nov 1995, p1-5, f
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Record #:
28743
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In Meyer v. Wall, the North Carolina Supreme Court clarified several rules of public liability relevant to citizen injuries caused by negligent acts of local governments administering programs cooperatively funded and managed by the state. This bulletin discusses those rules and the legal responsibility of local and state governments.
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Local Government Law Bulletin (NoCar KFN 7830 A15 L6), Vol. Issue 88, July 1998, p1-5, f
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33115
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North Carolina’s local governments had high stakes in this year’s legislative session. Important bills dealt with abolition of the property tax on business inventories, highway rights-of-way, billboard regulation, the local option sales tax, among many other issues. David E. Reynolds, executive director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, discusses these legislative acts and how they will affect the infrastructures of cities and towns.
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33190
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Mr. Johnson points out some of the dangers involved in bringing up in the General Assembly so many of these “purely local bills”, a great many of which aren’t pure at all.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 11, Aug 1938, p1, 16, por
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