NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 694

SENATE BILL 365

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 153-246 RELATING TO JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That G. S. 153-246 be and the same is hereby amended by rewriting the fifth unnumbered paragraph thereof to read as follows:

"In the same manner and subject to the same provisions as herein set out, any municipality may enter into such an agreement with the county in which it is situated, or if the municipality is located in two or more counties, with the counties in which it is situated, or may join with other municipalities in the same county, or if the municipality is located in two or more counties, with other municipalities in the counties in which it is situated, in making such an agreement with said county or counties, to the end that the functions of local government may, as far as practicable, be consolidated. The provisions of this Section and the powers and authority herein granted shall be applicable to the provisions of Chapter 166 of the General Statutes of North Carolina entitled 'Civil Defense Agencies' insofar as the same relate to 'political subdivisions' as defined in said Chapter."

Sec. 2. The provisions hereof shall apply only to Edgecombe and Nash Counties and the municipalities situate in either or both of said counties.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective immediately upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1961.