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2018 System Development Fee Law Changes
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CRFs for SDFs (aka Capital Reserve Funds for System Development Fees)
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System Development Fees are the New Impact Fees
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Municipalities (and Counties) Not Authorized to Charge Certain Impact (aka Capacity, System Development) Fees
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Providing Utility Services Outside Territorial Boundaries: Recent Developments
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Water and Sewer District’s Impact Fee Powers
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Federal Agency Utility Customers and the Prompt Payment Act
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Verifying A Utility Applicant’s Identification
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Legislative Transfer of Asheville Water System Is Constitutional
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Legislature Limits Government Water Utilities’ Authority to Mandate Connections
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Local Government Impact Fee Authority for Public Enterprises Revisited
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Local Government Utilities and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act—Part I: Notice Requirements
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Transferring Money from an Enterprise Fund: Authority, Limitations, and Consequences
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Expanded Solid Waste Fee Authority for Counties? Probably Not
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Do North Carolina Local Governments Have Authority to Assess Impact Fees for Water and Sewer Public Enterprises?
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Water and Sewer Availability Fees
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Water and Sewer Extensions “At No Cost” – Analyzing the New Annexation Law
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New Municipal Broadband Limitations
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Disconnecting Utility Services for Non-Utility Fee (and Tax) Delinquencies
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Does the Red Flags Rule (Still) Apply to Local Government Utilities?
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Discontinuing Utility Services when Customer Files for Bankruptcy
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Funding Solid Waste Services
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Utility Bill Postcards
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(Electronic) Notice of Subdivision Construction Development Fees Revisited
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Federal Red Flags Rule Enforcement Delayed Again
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Who’s Responsible for the Utility Bill?: Collection Remedies for Non-Payment by Tenant
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Disclosing Utility Customer Billing Information
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Assessing Surcharges on Credit Card Payments
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Local Governments, Public Authorities, and the Red Flags Rule: Does it Apply?
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New Electronic Notice of Imposition or Increase in Fees Applicable to Construction of Development: Part II
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New Electronic Notice of Imposition or Increase in Fees Applicable to Construction of Development: Part I
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Utility Rate Discounts – Can a local government cut its utility customers a break?
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New Utility Debt Collection Restrictions Actually Expand Collection Authority
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