NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 245
SENATE BILL 160

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE TIME PERMITTED FOR FILING ANSWER IN CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Subsection (c) of G.S. 146‑24 is amended by adding a proviso at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Provided that when the procedures of Article 9 of Chapter 136 are employed by the department, any person named in or served with a complaint and declaration of taking shall have 120 days from the date of service thereof within which to file answer."
Sec. 2. G.S. 136‑107 is amended by adding a proviso at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Provided that when the procedures of Article 9 of Chapter 136 are employed by the Department of Administration, any person named in or served with a complaint and declaration of taking shall have 120 days from the date of service thereof within which to file an answer."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1981.