GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1267

Short Title:  New Hanover/Refusal to Perform.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Ballantine.

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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs.

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May 23, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD NEW HANOVER COUNTY TO THOSE COUNTIES IN WHICH A TENANT'S REFUSAL TO PERFORM A CONTRACT FOR THE RENTAL OF LAND IS GROUNDS FOR DISPOSSESSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 42-27 reads as rewritten:
"§ 42-27.  Local:  Refusal to perform contract ground for dispossession.
When any tenant or cropper who enters into a contract for the rental of land for the current or ensuing year willfully neglects or refuses to perform the terms of his contract without just cause, he shall forfeit his right of possession to the premises.  This section applies only to the following counties:  Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan,  Rutherford, Sampson, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson, Yadkin."
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to New Hanover County.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to contracts entered into on or after that date.