GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 107
SENATE BILL 520

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO PROVIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY BY THE SELLER OR LESSOR OF THE PROPERTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 84.3.  Acquisition of Real Property with Improvements by Seller or Lessor.
(a)	The City may enter into contracts for the purchase or lease of buildings or other structures in which the seller or lessor shall be responsible for carrying out or providing for: (i) reconstruction, repair, or renovation of the property; (ii) construction of any additions or improvements to the property; and (iii) purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment for the property.  Such contracts shall include such provisions as the City Council deems sufficient to assure that the work is performed and items purchased at a reasonable price.  The provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and Article 3 of Chapter 44A of the General Statutes shall not apply to such contracts.
(b)	The authority granted by this section is in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other authority granted to the City by this Charter or any other law."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of May, 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