NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 406

HOUSE BILL 835

 

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO LEASE PUBLIC PROPERTY OR GRANT EASEMENTS THEREON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. That Section 35 of the Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 142, Private Laws of 1921, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by striking the first full sentence therefrom and substituting instead a new sentence reading as follows:

"No public utility franchise and no renewal or extension thereof shall be granted except by ordinance."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to the City of Durham.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1973.