NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 505

SENATE BILL 534

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY TO PURCHASE AUTOMOBILES FROM STATE SURPLUS.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The duly elected sheriff of a county and his duly appointed, full-time salaried deputies who have been employed not less than 90 days, shall be permitted, during their term of office, to purchase automobiles which have been declared surplus property by the State of North Carolina and offered for sale by the Division of Purchase and Contract. Such purchase may be made through negotiations with the Division  of Purchase and Contract, in the same manner as is done by the county itself. Such purchase shall be made only with the permission of the board of county commissioners of that county, and automobiles so purchased shall be used in the performance of the official duties of the said sheriff and deputies.

Sec. 2. This act applies to Cherokee County only.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1981.