GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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SENATE BILL 51*

 

 

Short Title:      Winston-Salem/Service by Publication Cost.

(Local)

Sponsors:

Senators Lowe and Krawiec (Primary Sponsors).

Referred to:

Rules and Operations of the Senate

February 8, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT providing that the city of winston‑salem may recover the cost of serving complaints and orders by publication in housing code enforcement cases.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑443 reads as rewritten:

"§ 160A‑443.  Ordinance authorized as to repair, closing, and demolition; order of public officer.

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(6)        Liens. –

a.         That the amount of the cost of service of complaints and orders by publication, repairs, alterations or improvements, or vacating and closing, or removal or demolition by the public officer shall be a lien against the real property upon which the cost was incurred, which lien shall be filed, have the same priority, and be collected as the lien for special assessment provided in Article 10 of this Chapter.

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SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Winston‑Salem only.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.