NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 143

HOUSE BILL 240

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 115-126 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO LEASE SCHOOL FACILITIES TO THE TOWN OF DOVER FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS.

WHEREAS, the Craven County Board of Education has ceased to use as school property or for school purposes that certain property in Dover known as the Dover School Property; and

WHEREAS, it is impractical to use said property as school property as it is no longer desirable for school property, and the Board does not intend to use the same any longer as school property; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable to lease said property to the Town of Dover for purposes of community use by the Town of Dover and/or for industrial or commercial uses; and

WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the Craven County School System and the Dover community and the public generally that said property be so used by the Town of Dover; and

WHEREAS, it is the purpose and desire that said Board lease the same to the Town of Dover, and under the present statutes, the Board is limited to a lease term of only one year; and

WHEREAS, it is impractical and not desirable for the Town of Dover to so lease the property for such a limited period of time, and particularly impossible or impractical on such a limited lease term basis to improve said property or otherwise prepare it for community or town use, and also impractical and impossible to use the same for industrial or commercial purposes on such a limited time basis: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Subsection (c) of G. S. 115-126 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The Craven County Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to lease to the Town of Dover that certain property located in the town and known as the Dover School Property for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, upon such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem best for the public interest. Provided, that the lease shall permit the Town of Dover to sublease the property, and shall require the town to be responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and repair of the property until it should be sublet. In the event the Town of Dover sublets the property, it shall require the sublease to provide proper upkeep, maintenance and repairs thereto. Any compensation received by the Town of Dover from the sublessee shall be paid to the Craven County Board of Education, less any expenses incurred by the town, prior to the execution of the sublease, for repairs, maintenance and upkeep of the property."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of March, 1965.