GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-4
SENATE BILL 1420

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE SHORT-TERM USE OF MOBILE STRUCTURES WHEN NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ARE DAMAGED BY FIRE OR ACTS OF GOD.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any zoning, occupancy, or other ordinance or statute to the contrary, when a nonresidential building in Halifax County is damaged by fire or an "act of God,"the structure may be temporarily replaced with a mobile home or similar manufactured structure for a period of one year to allow for continued operations while the damaged building is repaired or rebuilt.
Section 2.  This act applies to Halifax County only.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on June 30, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of June, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives