GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 350

SENATE BILL 536

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMINATION OF CERTAIN RAILROAD RIGHTS OF WAY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  All rights of way for any railroad within Rockingham County that have not been either used by said railroad as a right of way or listed for ad valorem tax purposes with said county for a period of fifty (50) years prior to July 30, 1987, shall be deemed abandoned, and are hereby extinguished; all rights of way herein extinguished shall revert to the owner of the underlying fee.

Sec. 2.  This act applies only to Rockingham County.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective July 30, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1987.