NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 506

HOUSE BILL 896

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 160-205 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO USE THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 136 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY G. S. 136-66.3(c) IN ACQUIRING LANDS, EASEMENTS, PRIVILEGES, RIGHTS OF WAY AND OTHER INTERESTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES IN THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ACT SHALL APPLY ONLY TO CITY OF DURHAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 160-205 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding thereto as a separate paragraph the following words and figures:

"The procedures provided in Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes, as specifically authorized by G. S. 136-66.3(c), shall be applicable in the case of acquisition by a municipal corporation of lands, easements, privileges, rights of way, and other interests in real property for any and all public purposes in the exercise of the power of eminent domain; and such municipal corporation seeking to acquire such property or rights or easements therein or thereto shall have the right and authority, at its option and election, to use the provisions and procedures as authorized and provided in G. S. 136-66.3(c) and Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes for any of said purposes without being limited to streets constituting a part of the State Highway System."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to the City of Durham.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of law in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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 16th day of May, 1967.