NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 632

HOUSE BILL 1288

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 671 OF THE 1975 SESSION LAWS TO PROVIDE FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ASSESSMENTS BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 77(18), Chapter 671 Session Laws of 1975, is hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof:

"(18)   If the owner of, or any person interested in, any lot or parcel of land against which an assessment is made is dissatisfied with the amount of such assessment, he shall within 15 days after the confirmation of the assessment roll file a written request with the city clerk for reconsideration of said assessment by the city council. If the city council has not previously heard the requesting person on the matter, it shall reconsider the assessment and affirm or modify its action. If it has previously heard the requesting person on the matter, the city council may affirm its previous action without further consideration, or it may, in its discretion, again consider the matter and affirm or modify its previous action. If the requesting person still is dissatisfied with the city council action, he shall within 20 days after such further action serve on the city clerk a written notice that he is taking an appeal to the Superior Court of Durham County and a statement of facts upon which he bases his appeal. The appeal shall be tried in the Superior Court of Durham County as other actions at law. The remedy herein provided for any person dissatisfied with the amount of the assessment against any property of which he is the owner or in which he is interested shall be exclusive."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of June, 1977.