NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 789
SENATE BILL 624

AN ACT TO ALLOW CITIES AND COUNTIES TO EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 160A, Article 11, Section 160A-241, as the same appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by adding to the purposes set forth in G.S. 160A-241(1)-(6) for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, the following purpose:
"(7)	Acquiring designated historic properties, for which an application has been made for a certificate of appropriateness for demolition, in pursuance of the purposes of G.S. 160A‑399.3, Chapter 160A, Article 19, Part 3B".
Sec. 2.  Chapter 153A, Article 8, Section 153A-159, as the same appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is amended by adding to the purposes set forth in G.S.153A-159(1)-(6) for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, the following purpose:
"(7)	Acquiring designated historic properties, for which an application has been made for a certificate of appropriateness for demolition, in pursuance of the purposes of G.S. 160A‑399.3, Chapter 160A, Article 19, Part 3B".
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1979.