GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 358 
HOUSE BILL 798 

AN ACT TO GRANT THE WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORITY TO SELL SURPLUS SCHOOL PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS AND SALE. 

Whereas, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education plans and intends to implement a major reorganization of the public schools within its administrative unit during the next four years due to a significant decline in student enrollment and other reasons; and 
Whereas, the proposed reorganization will result in the creation of from six to eight surplus schools; and 
Whereas, several nonprofit community agencies have expressed the desire to purchase some of the schools which will not be needed after the implementation of the proposed reorganization; and 
Whereas, it would be in the public's interest to convey surplus school property to nonprofit community agencies for various recreational, educational, charitable and social service purposes; Now, therefore, 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is hereby authorized for a period of four years from the date this bill is enacted, to sell any building, building site, or other real property owned or held by such Board which is unnecessary or undesirable for public school purposes to any nonprofit community agency by private negotiation and sale; provided, however, that when it is proposed to sell real property, the Board shall inform the Board of Forsyth County Commissioners and shall publish a notice of the proposed sale in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county at least 10 days prior to the Board's final approval of the sale which describes the property to be sold and the terms and conditions of the sale. 
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.