GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1002

HOUSE BILL 2172

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITIES OF KINSTON AND MORGANTON, AND THE COUNTIES OF BURKE AND LENOIR TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISPOSE OF SAME WITHOUT PUBLIC SALE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Lenoir County and the City of Kinston may acquire real property for industrial development purposes, and in sale, lease  or other conveyance of such real property for industrial development purposes are exempt from all provisions, restrictions and limitations required to effectuate sales, leases or other conveyances of real property provided for in Article 12 of Chapter 160A and Article 1 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes or in the Charter of City of Kinston as found in Chapter 169, Session Laws of 1987.

Sec. 2.  The provisions of Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall apply to any property hereafter acquired by the City of Kinston and County of Lenoir for industrial development purposes and those properties previously acquired for industrial development purposes including, but not limited to, the "Mewborne Farm" and the "Trollinger Farm" fronting on NCSR 1573 (Dobbs Farm Road), the "Evans Tract" fronting on N.C. Highway 11 (Greenville Highway) and the R. G. Hodges Farm fronting on U.S. Highway 70 West.

Sec. 3.  Any sale, lease or other conveyance by the City of Kinston and County of Lenoir as Grantors or Lessors involving real property previously acquired for industrial development purposes which would have been permitted under the provisions of this act are confirmed, validated and ratified.

Sec. 3.1. (a) A city may acquire real property for industrial development purposes, and in sale, lease  or other conveyance of such real property for industrial development purposes are exempt from all provisions, restrictions and limitations required to effectuate sales, leases or other conveyances of real property provided for in Article 12 of Chapter 160A and Article 1 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes or in the charter of the city.  Any sale, lease or other conveyance by a city as grantors or lessors involving real property previously acquired for industrial development purposes which would have been permitted under the provisions of this act are confirmed, validated and ratified.

(b)       This section applies only to the City of Morganton.

Sec. 3.2. (a) A county may acquire real property for industrial development purposes, and in sale, lease or other conveyance of such real property for industrial development purposes are exempt from all provisions, restrictions and limitations required to effectuate sales, leases or other conveyances of real property provided for in Article 12 of Chapter 160A and Article 1 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes.  Any sale, lease or other conveyance by a county as grantors or lessors involving real property previously acquired for industrial development purposes which would have been permitted under the provisions of this act are confirmed, validated and ratified.

(b)       This section applies only to the County of Burke.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 1988.