NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 309

SENATE BILL 137

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160‑200 SO AS TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SUPPORT OF AN ART GALLERY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection 40 of G.S. 160‑200, as the same appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence immediately after the first sentence thereof:

"Such municipality or other political subdivision may, in its discretion, also support or assist in supporting any art gallery, museum or art center which is located in its territorial area and which is owned or operated by any nonprofit corporation provided such art gallery, museum or art center is open to the public, and to such end the municipality or other political subdivision may enter into a contract or other arrangement with such nonprofit corporation."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1961.