NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 402

HOUSE BILL 857

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-299 TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO RESERVE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EASEMENTS IN STREETS WHICH ARE CLOSED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 160A-299, as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as follows:

"(f)       A city may reserve its right, title, and interest in any utility improvement or easement within a street closed pursuant to this section. Such reservation shall be stated in the order of closing."

Sec. 2. G.S. 160A-299(c), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by adding the following words and punctuation after the comma in the first line thereof: "subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section,".

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1981.