NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 407

HOUSE BILL 839

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY BY PRIVATE SALE OR OTHERWISE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 142, Private Laws of 1921, as amended, is hereby amended by repealing Section 32 thereof and inserting instead a new section to read as follows:

"Sec. 32. Sale of Public Property. The City Council may, upon the affirmative vote of at least seven members of the City Council, publicly or privately sell, lease, rent, exchange or otherwise convey, or cause to be publicly or privately sold, leased, rented, exchanged or otherwise conveyed, any property, real or personal, or any interest in such property, belonging to the City."

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

Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1973.