GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

 

 

SESSION LAW 1998-144

HOUSE BILL 1332

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF GREENVILLE TO UNDERTAKE ONE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The City of Greenville may exercise its authority under G.S. 160A-458.3 to undertake one downtown development project, subject to the following conditions:

(1)       The City shall not be required to locate a project authorized by G.S. 160A-458.3 in the central business district.

(2)       The City Council shall not be required to find that the project is likely to have a significant positive effect on the revitalization of the central business district.

(3)       The project shall not be subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, if funds other than City funds constitute at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total cost of the construction and renovation of the public and private facilities included in the project.

Section 2.  This act only applies to one project that includes, as one of its facilities, the development of a convention center, civic center, or meeting facility within the corporate limits of the City of Greenville.

Section 3.  This act only applies to the City of Greenville.

Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of September, 1998.

s/   Marc Basnight

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives