GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 251

HOUSE BILL 208

AN ACT TO ALLOW ALLEGHANY, CURRITUCK, EDGECOMBE, GREENE, HALIFAX, JACKSON, MADISON, MOORE, RANDOLPH, SCOTLAND, UNION, AND WAKE COUNTIES TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR USE BY THEIR COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND TO CLARIFY THAT BOARDS OF EDUCATION HAVE THE SAME DEGREE OF CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT WHEN A COUNTY OWNS THE PROPERTY UPON WHICH THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE BUILT AS WHEN THE LOCAL BOARDS OWN THE PROPERTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-158.1(e), as amended by Chapter 17 of the 1995 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"(e)      Scope. - This section applies to Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Currituck, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Lee, Macon, Madison, Moore, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Union, Wake, and Watauga Counties."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-158.1(b), as amended by Chapter 17 of the 1995 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Construction or Improvement by County. - A county may construct, equip, expand, improve, renovate, or otherwise make available property for use by a school administrative unit within the county.  The local board of education shall be involved in the design, construction, equipping, expansion, improvement, or renovation of the property to the same extent as if the local board owned the property."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives