GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 614
HOUSE BILL 1928

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE SUNSET ON THE LAW ALLOWING RICHMOND AND SAMPSON COUNTIES TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR USE BY THE COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION, AND TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN OR FOR SAMPSON COUNTY TO CONVEY PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR OF THE PROPERTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 533 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-157 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	A county may construct, equip, expand, improve, renovate, or otherwise make available property for use by a school administrative unit within the county."
Sec. 3.  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. 4.  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.
Sec. 5.  Section 2 of this act applies only to Richmond and Sampson Counties.  Sections 3 and 4 of this act apply only to Sampson County and to local boards of education for school administrative units in or for the county.  Section 4 of this act applies only to sales and leases of property in connection with additions, improvements, renovations, or repairs to the property or to some part of the property.
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives