GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 383
HOUSE BILL 737

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY PURCHASES BY THE CITY MANAGER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 495, Session Laws of 1977, being the Charter of the City of Wilmington, as amended, is amended by adding a new Section 8.5 to read:
"Sec. 8.5.  Purchase of real property by the city manager.  The city council may delegate authority to the city manager to purchase real property or interests in real property, provided:
(a)	The money for the purchase of such real property or interest in real property shall be available in the then current budget; and
(b)	The city manager, within 45 days following such purchase, shall submit to the city council a written report setting forth the names of the persons from whom such property or property interest is purchased, a general description of the property or interest in property acquired, the purchase price paid therefor, and the intended use of such property or interest in property."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives