GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1666
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/7/00

Short Title:  Durham Statute of Limitations.	(Local)

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May 23, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A THREE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS AGAINST THE CITY OF DURHAM NOT OTHERWISE COVERED BY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 1-56 shall not apply to actions against the City of Durham.
Section 2.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, as amended, is further amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 113.1.  Statute of Limitations.   An action for relief against the City not otherwise limited by Articles 3, 4, and 5 of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes, or by other general or special laws establishing a limitations period for specific types of actions, may not be commenced more than three years after the cause of action has accrued."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law, and any accrued cause of action that would have existed under G.S. 1-56 but for this act and not time-barred under existing law may be filed within six months of the effective date or three years of the date of accrual, whichever is later.