GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	5 

HOUSE BILL 537
Corrected Copy 3/29/95
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/19/95
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 6/13/95
Senate Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 6/26/95

Short Title:  Community College/School Facilities.	(Local)

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March 23, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW GASTON AND GREENE COUNTIES TO ACQUIRE AND OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE PROPERTY FOR USE BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITHIN THE COUNTY AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN GREENE COUNTY EXPENDITURES FOR A FACILITY FOR JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL USE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 613 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  This act applies only to Gaston, Greene, and Sampson Counties."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-158, as amended by Chapter 613 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-158.  Power to acquire property.
(a)	Acquisition. – A county may acquire, by purchase, lease, or any other lawful method, any interest in real or personal property for use by the county or any department, board, commission, or agency of the county or a community college within the county.  In exercising the power of eminent domain a county shall use the procedures of Chapter 40A.
(b)	Construction; Disposition. – A county may construct, equip, expand, improve, renovate, repair, or otherwise make available property for use by a community college within the county and may lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of property for use by a community college within the county for any price and on any terms negotiated by the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees of the community college.
(c) Public Hearing. –A county may use its authority under this section to acquire an