GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
SESSION LAW 2002-32
HOUSE BILL 1653
AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of charlotte to repeal certain optional rights of the city manager, to authorize the city manager to accept property offered for public dedication, to repeal the section that prohibits the city manager from awarding contracts that exceed fifty thousand dollars, and to move a certain section from chapter four to chapter eight for organizational purposes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 4.06 of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being S.L. 2000-26, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Section 4.06. Optional Rights. The City Manager
may:
(1) Approve the:
a. Acquisition
by the City of real property having a value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
or less.
b. Acquisition
or sale by the City of real property having a value of more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000), when the City Manager certifies to the Council that the
property is being acquired or sold for the purpose of increasing the supply of
affordable housing available to low- or moderate-income persons. The Manager
shall, within 10 days of any transaction authorized by this subdivision,
report the details to the Council.
(2) Approve
certain contracts as provided in Section 8.86 of this Charter.
(3) Approve
agreements permitting encroachments into setbacks and rights-of-way.
(4) Accept
dedicated streets for City maintenance.Manager or his or her designee
may accept property offered for public dedication."
SECTION 2. Section 8.22 of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being S.L. 2000-26, as amended, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
"(e) The City Manager may approve the sale by the City of real property having a value of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) when the City Manager certifies to the Council that the property is being sold for the purpose of increasing the supply of affordable housing available to low- or moderate-income persons. The City Manager shall within 10 days of any transaction authorized by this subsection report the details to the Council."
SECTION 3. Section 8.86 of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being S.L. 2000-26, as amended, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of July, 2002.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives