GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL DRH10208-ST-37   (02/23)

Short Title:      Transfer Certain Excess Lands/Haywood BoEd.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Clampitt.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to transfer certain excess lands in haywood county to the haywood county board of education for so long as those lands are used for education-related purposes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The State of North Carolina shall convey to the Haywood County Board of Education, for consideration of one dollar ($1.00), all its rights, titles, and interests in those lands bounded as follows, except for a 30‑foot right‑of‑way adjacent to all roads:

(1)        On the west by U.S. Route 1‑23 Business.

(2)        On the east by properties owned by the Haywood County Consolidated School System, Deed Book 432, Page 1116, of the Haywood County Register of Deeds Office.

(3)        On the south by State Road 1802, also known as Francis Farm Road.

(4)        On the north by Sims Circle Road.

SECTION 1.(b)  The conveyance in this section is subject to a reversionary interest reserved by the State. The property shall be conveyed to the Haywood County Board of Education for so long as it is utilized for education-related purposes, including parking and sports facilities.

SECTION 2.  The State of North Carolina shall convey the real property described in Section 1 of this act "as is" and "where is" without warranty. The State makes no representations or warranties concerning the title to the property, the boundaries of the property, the uses to which the property may be put, zoning, local ordinances, or any physical, environmental, health, and safety conditions relating to the property. All costs associated with the conveyance of the property shall be borne by Haywood County.

SECTION 3.  The conveyance of the State's rights, titles, and interests in the real property described in Section 1 of this act shall be exempt from the provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes. The conveyance shall comply with the provisions of Article 16 of Chapter 146 of the General Statutes, provided that the provisions of G.S. 146‑74 shall not apply.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.