GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 807

HOUSE BILL 1539

 

AN ACT TO UPDATE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4.91(b)(1) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, as amended by Section 10 of Chapter 686, Session Laws of 1961, and by Section 5, Chapter 142, Session Laws of 1969, is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read:  "Life insurance benefits payable upon the death of an employee."

Sec. 2.  Section 6.61(a) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, is amended by rewriting the second sentence to read:  "In addition, upon receipt of a sufficient petition signed by the owners of a majority of the property abutting a street, requesting that it be closed, and after an investigation of the sufficiency of the petition by the City Attorney, the City Clerk shall publish a notice of a public hearing to be held by the council, such publication to be once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city which is qualified to carry legal notices; the notice shall be published the first time not less than ten days nor more than 25 days before the date fixed for the hearing."

Sec. 3.  Section 6.61 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(c)      The provisions contained herein shall not be construed to limit the authority of the city under this Charter or under general law to sell, exchange, convey, or otherwise dispose of any fee interest which it may have acquired in any street."

Sec. 4.  Article 1 (Eminent Domain) of Subchapter B of Chapter VI (Sections 6.101 through 6.120) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, as amended by Sections 17, 18, and 19 of Chapter 74 of the Session Laws of 1967, Section 14, Chapter 142, Session Laws of 1969, Chapter 784, Session Laws of 1973, and by Section 5, Chapter 29, Session Laws of 1971 is repealed.

Sec. 5.  Section 5.65(c) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137, Session Laws of 1959, as set forth in Section 4, Chapter 29 of the Session Laws of 1971, is amended by deleting "fifteen (15) days" and substituting "thirty days."

Sec. 6.  Section 6.139(b) of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, is amended by deleting all of the subsection following the first sentence and substituting:  "A copy of the notice shall be mailed to the owners of the land subject to assessment for such improvements as shown on the county tax records.  The person designated to mail these notices shall file with the council a certificate showing that they were mailed by first-class mail and on what date; the mailing of notices shall be completed not less than five days prior to the date fixed for the hearing."

Sec. 7.  Section 7.01 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, is repealed.

Sec. 8.  Subsections (a) and (c) of Section 7.02 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, being Chapter 1137 of the Session Laws of 1959, are repealed, and subsection (b) of that section is amended by deleting "(b)".

Sec. 9.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1986.