AN ACT amending the charter of the city of burlington relating to residential development projects in a municipal service district.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Subchapter C of Chapter III of the Charter of the City of Burlington, being Chapter 119 of the 1961 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 3.42. Residential development projects in municipal service districts. The city council may, in accordance with G.S. 158‑7.1, et seq., make appropriations and authorize economic incentives for the purposes of aiding and encouraging residential development projects within the city in a municipal service district established pursuant to Article 23 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes which, in the discretion of the city council, is likely to have a significant effect on the economic revitalization of that district.
In connection with the foregoing, the city council may make loans and grants from public funds for revitalization projects that will have a significant revitalization effect on the city."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives