NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 649

SENATE BILL 507

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 153-284 TO AUTHORIZE GUILFORD COUNTY TO ACQUIRE LAND OR RIGHTS IN LAND BY CONDEMNATION IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED BY ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 136 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 153-284 is hereby amended by striking out subsection (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"The Board of Commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to:

(1)       Acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, enlarge, equip, repair, maintain and operate any water system and any sanitary sewerage system or parts thereof, either within or without the boundaries of the county, and to acquire in the name of the county by gift, purchase or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, which right shall be exercised as hereinafter provided for in Section 3, any improved or unimproved lands or rights in land, and to acquire such personal property or water rights as it may deem necessary in connection with the foregoing, and to hold and dispose of all real and personal property under its control; and"

Sec. 2.  G.S. 153-284 is further amended by adding a subsection 3 as follows:

"(3)      If negotiations for the purchase of land or rights in land are unsuccessful, or if the county cannot obtain a good and sufficient title thereto by purchase from the owner or owners, then the Board of County Commissioners of any county may exercise the right of eminent domain and acquire any such land by condemnation in the same manner as is provided for the State Highway Commission by Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes, as the same may from time to time provide, provided that the Board of County Commissioners of any county shall not have the power to condemn any property already devoted to public use."

Sec. 3.  This act shall apply to the following county: Guilford.

Sec. 4.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1971.