NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 50

HOUSE BILL 122

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-388 TO PERMIT BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENT TO USE PERSONAL SERVICE, REGISTERED MAIL OR CERTIFIED MAIL TO DELIVER DECISIONS TO APPELLANTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-388 as it appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by rewriting the last sentence of subsection (e) to read as follows:

"Any appeal to the superior court shall be taken within 30 days after the decision of the board is filed in such office as the ordinance specifies, or after a written copy thereof is delivered to the appellant, whichever is later. The decision of the board may be delivered to the appellant either by personal service, or registered mail or certified mail return receipt requested."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of February, 1979.