NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 595

HOUSE BILL 484

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 153-9(17) RELATING TO STREET AND ROAD CLOSINGS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 153-9(17) is hereby amended to insert after the second paragraph the following additional paragraph:

"The board of county commissioners of the several counties shall also have the power and authority to close and remove from dedication all easements except these lying within the limits of municipalities, that are now or may hereafter be dedicated, whether by recording of a subdivision plat or otherwise. The closing and removal of said easements shall be in the same manner as herein provided for the closing of streets and roads provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any easements for roads and highways that are part of the State Highway System."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1971.