NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 448

HOUSE BILL 612

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG SCHOOL BOARDS TO CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Charlotte and Mecklenburg County School Boards and their successors, hereinafter called the boards, the Charlotte Park and Recreation Commission and its successors, hereinafter called the commission, and other governmental agencies of Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte are hereby specifically authorized and empowered to co-operate in the furtherance of joint projects involving the use of property belonging to or held by the boards, other agencies, or the commission, or either of them, for recreation purposes, which co-operation among the various parties may extend to the expenditure of funds, furnishing of facilities, including the use of land, and sharing in the expenses connected with joint projects all in the interest of more adequate recreational facilities for the people residing in and near Mecklenburg County. In connection with such joint projects, the boards are hereby specifically authorized to:

(1)       Allow the use of their facilities for recreational purposes without requiring any bond to indemnify them against damages thereto;

(2)       Lease their land or facilities to the commission for such terms as they may determine and to reimburse the commission for improvements placed upon the land upon the termination of the lease even though such termination may occur more than one year after the date of the lease;

(3)       Share with the commission in the expense of repairs, completed projects, buildings, or structures on property owned by the boards and accomplished by or through the duly elected officers or agents of the commission, where the same fall within the provisions of G. S. 143-135; and

(4)       Generally make contracts with the commission providing for the payment of money or the fulfillment of obligations not authorized in the budget of the boards irrespective of the provisions of G. S. 115-48, G. S. 115-52, or any other statute.

Sec. 2. No action taken by the Charlotte or Mecklenburg County School Boards pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall result in the personal liability of any member of such boards.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1959.