GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 569
HOUSE BILL 1136

AN ACT TO ALLOW CRAVEN COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF NEW BERN AND HAVELOCK TO DONATE UNCLAIMED BICYCLES TO CHARITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 650 of the 1993 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 106 of the 1995 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  This act applies to the Cities of Asheville, Havelock, New Bern, and Hendersonville only."
Sec. 2.  (a) Notwithstanding Article 2 of Chapter 15 of the General Statutes or Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, whenever unclaimed bicycles are in the possession of the sheriff department, no earlier than 30 days after the date of publication of the notice required by G.S. 15-12, the sheriff may donate the bicycles to a charitable organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code rather than selling the bicycles as provided by law.  In such case, the notice required by G.S. 15-12 shall state the intended disposition of the bicycles if they are not claimed.
(b)	This section applies to Craven County only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives