NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 525

HOUSE BILL 427

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-360 TO PRESERVE VESTED RIGHTS UPON A CHANGE IN MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-360 is amended by rewriting subsection (i) thereof, to read as follows:

"(i)        Whenever a city or county, pursuant to this section, acquires jurisdiction over a territory that theretofore has been subject to the jurisdiction of another local government, any person who has acquired vested rights under a permit, certificate, or other evidence of compliance issued by the local government surrendering jurisdiction may exercise those rights as if no change of jurisdiction had occurred. The city or county acquiring jurisdiction may take any action regarding such a permit, certificate, or other evidence of compliance that could have been taken by the local government surrendering jurisdiction pursuant to its ordinances and regulations. Except as provided in this subsection, any building, structure, or other land use in a territory over which a city or county has acquired jurisdiction is subject to the ordinances and regulations of the city or county."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1973.