NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1208
HOUSE BILL 1276

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 37, CHAPTER 160 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO URBAN REDEVELOPMENT, TO ENABLE COUNTIES TO CREATE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 160-456(1) is hereby amended by inserting the words "or county" immediately after the word "city".
Amend subsection (7) by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Board of County Commissioners."
Amend subsection (9) by adding at the end thereof ", or any county."
Sec. 2.  Article 37 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section, to be designated as G.S. 160-457.1, immediately after G.S. 160-457, to read as follows:
"G.S. 160-457.1.  Creation of a county redevelopment commission. If the board of county commissioners of a county by resolution declares that blighted areas do exist in said county, and the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county, the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized to create a separate and distinct body corporate and politic to be known as the redevelopment commission of said county by passing a resolution to create such a commission to function in the territorial limits of said county. Provided, however, that notice of the intent to consider passage of such a resolution or ordinance shall be published at least ten days prior to the meeting of the board of county commissioners for such purposes, and further provided that the redevelopment commission shall not function in an area where such a commission exists or in the corporate limits of a municipality without resolution of agreement by said municipality.
"All of the provisions of Article 37, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, shall be applicable to county redevelopment commissions, including the formation, appointment, tenure, compensation, organization, interest and powers as specified therein."
Sec. 3.  Article 37 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding an additional section, to be designated G.S. 160-457.2, and to read as follows:
"G.S. 160-457.2.  Creation of a regional redevelopment commission. If the board of county commissioners of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declare that blighted areas do exist in said counties and the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of public health, morals, or welfare of the residents of such counties, the county commissioners of said counties are hereby authorized to create a separate and distinct body corporate and politic to be known as the regional redevelopment commission by the passage of a resolution by each county to create such a commission to function in the territorial limits of the counties; provided, however, that notice of the intent to consider passage of such a resolution or ordinance shall be published at least ten days prior to the meeting of the board of county commissioners for such purposes, and further provided that the redevelopment commission shall not function in an area where such a commission exists or in the corporate limits of a municipality without resolution of agreement by the municipality.
"The board of county commissioners of each county included in the regional redevelopment commission shall appoint one person as a commissioner and such a person may be appointed at or after the time of the adoption of the resolution creating the redevelopment commission. The board of county commissioners shall have the authority to appoint successors or to remove persons for misconduct who are appointed by them. Each commissioner to the redevelopment commission shall serve for a five-year term except that initial appointments may be for less time in order to establish a fair rotation system of appointments. In the event that a regional redevelopment commission shall have an even number of counties, the Governor of North Carolina shall appoint a member to the commission from the area to be served. The appointed members as commissioners shall constitute the regional redevelopment commission and certification of appointment shall be filed with the Secretary of State as part of the application for charter.
"All provisions of the 'urban redevelopment law' as defined in Article 37 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, shall apply to the creation and operation of a regional redevelopment commission, and where reference is made to municipality, it shall be interpreted to apply to the area served by the regional redevelopment commission."
Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1969.