AN ACT making a technical correction to the authority of the durham city housing appeals board to hear appeals.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 102(b) of the Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 756 of the 1987 Session Laws and by S.L. 2003‑51, reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The city council may, by ordinance, also authorize the Housing Appeals Board to hear and decide, without the necessity of further action by the council, any other cases under Parts 5 or 6 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, Articles 3 and 11 of Chapter VI of this Charter, and G.S. 160A‑193 which, in the absence of such ordinance, would or may reach the council for action or decision.  If a case is heard by the Housing Appeals Board, the same procedures for the hearing of appeals under subsection (a) herein shall apply, and the decision of the board shall be reviewable in the same manner as decisions under subsection (a) herein."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of July, 2004.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives