City of Asheville v. State

Throughout our history, when communities needed a governmental provision of water and sewer services, the General Assembly, by local act, would grant a local government unit the authority to act. Here the majority’s holding ignores this historic constitutional understanding of the plenary authority of the General Assembly to oversee local government subdivisions and create new ones when necessary. Our history and our constitution recognize this plenary authority is necessary because the General Assembly is uniquely situated to oversee local government *107and address changing needs. Now the Court…