GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 805

Short Title:  Raleigh Fair Housing.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Blue; Fussell, Wiser, and Stamey.
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Referred to:  Government.
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March 23, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD AGE AND HANDICAP TO THE AUTHORIZED PURPOSES OF THE FAIR HOUSING LAWS OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Subdivision (72) of Section 22 of the Charter of the City of Raleigh, being Chapter 1184, Session Laws of 1949, as added by Section 5 of Chapter 561, Session Laws of 1975, reads as rewritten:
"(72)	Equal housing.  To adopt ordinances designed to insure that housing opportunities in the City of Raleigh shall be equally available to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap.  Such ordinances may regulate or prohibit any act, practice, activity or procedure related directly or indirectly to the sale or rental of public or private housing which affects or may tend to affect the availability or desirability of housing on an equal basis to all persons.  Such ordinances may provide that violations constitute a criminal offense; may subject the offender to civil penalties; may provide that the city may enforce the ordinances by application to the General Court of Justice for appropriate equitable remedies, including mandatory and prohibitory injunctions and orders of abatement."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.