AN ACT to provide that transylvania county may purchase and convey property to the state for use as correctional facilities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1(a) of Chapter 600 of the 1995 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2000‑31 and S.L. 2002‑85 reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.(a)  The Counties of Alexander, Anson, Bertie, Columbus, Greene, Scotland, Stanly, and Transylvania have power under general law to acquire real and personal property and convey it to the State under G.S. 160A‑274 or other applicable law for use as correctional facilities."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives