AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HERTFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONSTRUCT AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER Local goVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 66‑58, G.S. 115C‑518, and Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, and subject to the restrictions set out in this act, the Hertford County Board of Education may contract with any person, partnership, corporation, or other business entity to construct, provide, or maintain affordable rental housing on property owned or leased by the Hertford County Board of Education or by any other person, partnership, corporation, or other business entity.
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 66‑58, G.S. 115C‑518, and Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, the Hertford County Board of Education may rent housing units owned by the Board pursuant to this act for residential use. In renting such housing units, the Board shall give priority to Hertford County public schoolteachers and shall restrict the rental of such units exclusively to such teachers or other Hertford County Schools professional staff. The Board shall have the authority to establish reasonable rents for any such housing units and may in its discretion charge below‑market rates.
SECTION 3.  This act shall not exempt any affordable housing units constructed pursuant to this act from compliance with applicable building codes, zoning ordinances, or any other health and safety statutes, rules, or regulations.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2006.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives