North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 75D. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations § 75D-5. RICO civil forfeiture proceedings

Every incinerator or environmental services authority is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the limitations of this act, to acquire, in its own name but for the local unit or units, by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, and, notwithstanding the provisions of any charter, ordinance or resolution of any county or municipality to the contrary, to construct, maintain, operate and use such incinerators, treatment plants or works at such places, and such other plants, structures, property and conveyances, as in the judgment of the incinerator or environmental services authority will provide an effective and satisfactory method for promoting the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority.