NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 134

HOUSE BILL 400

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE CONSENT OF THE BLADEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BEFORE LAND IN THAT COUNTY MAY BE CONDEMNED OR ACQUIRED BY A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY.  

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A-159, Article 11 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, G.S. 130-130, Chapter 40 of the General Statutes, or any other general law or local act conferring the power of eminent domain, before final judgment may be entered in any action of condemnation initiated (or in the case of Article 11 of Chapter 160A, before a final condemnation resolution is adopted) by a county, city or town, special district, or other unit of local government which is located wholly or primarily outside Bladen County, whereby the condemnor seeks to acquire property located in Bladen County, the condemnor shall furnish proof that the Bladen County Board of Commissioners has consented to the taking.

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A-158, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, Article 12 of Chapter 130 of the General Statutes, or any other general law or local act conferring the power to acquire real property, before any county, city or town, special district, or other unit of local government which is located wholly or primarily outside Bladen County acquires any property located in Bladen County by exchange, purchase or lease, it must have the approval of the Bladen County Board of Commissioners.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of March, 1981.