GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

 

 

SESSION LAW 2003-161

SENATE BILL 292

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RALEIGH AND THE TOWN OF LAKE WACCAMAW TO USE ELECTRONIC means to provide public notice for certain public hearings.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 22 of the Charter of the City of Raleigh, being Chapter 1184 of the 1949 Session Laws, as amended, is amended by adding the following new subsection:

"(87)   Electronic Notice of Hearings. The City Council may adopt ordinances providing that notice of public hearings may be given through electronic means, including, but not limited to, the City's Internet site. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by mail to certain classes of people or the posting of signs on certain property and shall not alter the publication schedule for any public notice."

SECTION 2.  The governing body of the Town of Lake Waccamaw may adopt ordinances providing that notice of public hearings may be given through electronic means, including, but not limited to, the Town's Internet site.  Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall not supersede any State law that requires notice by mail to certain classes of people or the posting of signs on certain property and shall not alter the publication schedule for any public notice.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 2003.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives