NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 986

HOUSE BILL 1711

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, CHAPTER 142, SECTION 21, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1921, TO PERMIT THE GOVERNING BODY OF CITY OF DURHAM TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY UPON CERTAIN PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 142, Private Laws of 1921, is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of Section 19 thereof, said paragraph to read as follows:

"The City Council of the City of Durham may delegate authority to the City Manager to purchase real property or interest in real property, provided:

(1)       The purchase price of such real property or interest in real property shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and

(2)       The money for the purchase of such real property or interest in real property shall be available in the then current budget; and

(3)       The City Manager, within forty-five (45) days following such purchase, shall submit to the City Council a written report setting forth the names of the persons from whom such property or property interest is purchased, a general description of the property or interest in property acquired, the purchase price paid therefor, and the intended use of such property or interest in property."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of March, 1974.