GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 824*
Second Edition Engrossed 5/11/89

Short Title:  Edgecombe/Nash Junked Cars.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Fitch; and Cooper.
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Referred to:  Government.
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March 23, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES IN EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES TO REGULATE THE ABANDONMENT OF JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES AND TO EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NASH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-303.2, as rewritten by Chapter 3, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-303.2.  Regulation of abandonment of junked motor vehicles in municipalities in certain counties.
(a)	A municipality in Dare, Alamance, Ashe, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Cumberland, Davie, Edgecombe, Gaston, Guilford, Halifax, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Pender, Rockingham, Rowan, Surry, Wake, Wayne, Stokes, Alleghany, Carteret, Columbus or Union Counties may by ordinance regulate, restrain or prohibit the abandonment of junked motor vehicles on public grounds and on private property within the municipality's ordinance-making jurisdiction upon a finding that such regulation, restraint or prohibition is necessary and desirable to promote or enhance community, neighborhood or area appearance. The authority granted by this section shall be supplemental to any other authority conferred upon municipalities.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a municipality to require the removal or disposal of a motor vehicle kept or stored at a bona fide ‘automobile graveyard' or ‘junkyard' as defined in G.S. 136-143.
	For purposes of this section, the term ‘junked motor vehicle' means a vehicle that does not display a current license plate and that:
(1)	Is partially dismantled or wrecked; or
(2)	Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move; or
(3)	Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
	(b)	Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall include a prohibition against removing or disposing of any motor vehicle that is used on a regular basis for business or personal use."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 158-8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 158-8.  Creation of municipal, county or regional commissions authorized; composition; joining or withdrawing from regional commissions.
The governing body of any municipality or the board of county commissioners of any county may by resolution create an economic development commission for said municipality or county.  The governing bodies of any two or more municipalities and/or counties may by joint resolution, adopted by separate vote of each governing body concerned, create a regional economic development commission.  A municipal or county economic development commission shall consist of from ten to thirty members, named for terms and compensation (if any) fixed by its respective governing body.  The membership, compensation (if any), and terms of a regional economic development commission, and the formula for its financial support, shall be fixed by the joint resolution creating the commission.  Additional governmental units may join a regional commission with the consent of all existing members.  Any governmental unit may withdraw from a regional commission on two years' notice to the other members.  The resolution creating a municipal, county, or regional economic development commission may be modified, amended, or repealed in the same manner as it was originally adopted."
Sec. 3.  Section 2 of this act shall apply to Nash County only.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.