GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1806

Short Title:  Harnett School Acquisition.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representative Stewart.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.
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May 30, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW HARNETT COUNTY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR USE BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 885 of the 1989 Session Laws, as amended by Chapters 120, 533, 832, 848, 865, and 1001 of the 1991 Session Laws, and as codified as G.S. 153A-157, reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-157.  Power to acquire property in certain counties.
(a)	A county may acquire, by gift, grant, devise, bequest, exchange, purchase, lease, or any other lawful method, the fee or any other lesser interest in real or personal property for use by the county or any department, board, commission, or agency of the county or a school administrative unit within the county. In exercising the power of eminent domain a county shall use the procedures of Chapter 40A.
The county shall use its authority under this section to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by a school administrative unit within the county only upon the request of the board of education of that school administrative unit and after a public hearing.
(b)	This section applies to Bladen, Cabarrus, Carteret, Columbus, Duplin, Franklin, Harnett, Iredell, Johnston, Pender, Richmond, Rowan, Sampson, and Stanly Counties."
Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-40 and G.S. 115C-521, local boards of education are authorized to enter into contracts for the erection or repair of school buildings upon sites owned in fee simple by one or more counties in which the local school administrative units are located.
Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-518 and G.S. 160A-274, a local board of education may lease or sell any of its property to the board of commissioners of the county in which the property is located for any price negotiated between the two boards.