GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 697

HOUSE BILL 1223

AN ACT TO PERMIT LARGE URBAN COUNTIES TO USE PROPERTY TAX FUNDS FOR PERSONNEL COSTS RELATED TO PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ALREADY AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that large urban areas have special needs for housing rehabilitation programs, because of the greater urban densities in and around urban areas.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-149(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(15a)  Housing Rehabilitation.  To provide for personnel costs related to planning and administration of housing rehabilitation programs authorized by G.S. 153A-376.  This subdivision only applies to counties with a population of 400,000 or more, according to the most recent decennial federal census."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of July, 1987.