GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 510

Short Title:  Greene School Acquisition.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Mercer; and Russell.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.

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March 21, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW GREENE COUNTY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR USE BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. (a)	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 Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Duplin, Forsyth, Franklin, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Macon, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Richmond, Rowan, Sampson, and Stanly Counties."
(b) G.S. 153A-158.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-158.1.  School property in certain counties; construction and other improvements; transfers.
(a)	Reserved for future codification.
(b)	A county may construct, equip, expand, improve, renovate, or otherwise make available property for use by a school administrative unit within the county. This subsection applies only to Ashe, Avery, Brunswick, Chowan, Forsyth, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Lee, Macon, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Richmond, and Sampson Counties and to local boards of education for school administrative units in or for Ashe, Avery, Brunswick, Chowan, Forsyth, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Lee, Macon, Nash, Orange, and Pasquotank Counties.
(c)	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. This subsection applies only to Ashe, Avery, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Carteret, Chowan, Duplin, Forsyth, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Iredell, Lee, Macon, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Rowan, Sampson, and Stanly Counties and to local boards of education for school administrative units in or for these counties. This subsection 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.
(d)	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. This subsection applies only to Ashe, Avery, Brunswick, Chowan, Forsyth, Greene, Harnett, Lee, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, and Sampson Counties and to local boards of education for school administrative units in or for those counties."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-158.1(e), as amended by Senate Bill 104, 1995 General Assembly, reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Scope. – This section applies to Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Duplin, Forsyth, Franklin, Greene, Harnett, Haywood, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Macon, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Richmond, Rowan, Sampson, Stanly, and Watauga Counties."
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act is effective upon ratification and expires on the effective date of the amendments to G.S. 153A-158.1 enacted by Senate Bill 104, 1995 General Assembly.  Section 2 of this act is effective on the effective date of the amendments to G.S. 153A-158.1 enacted by Senate Bill 104, 1995 General Assembly.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.