NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 743

HOUSE BILL 681

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 21 OF CHAPTER 153 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Article 21 of Chapter 153 of the General Statutes, as the same appears in the 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new Section immediately following G.S. 153‑267, to be designated as G.S. 153‑267.1, and to read as follows:

"G.S. 153‑267.1.  The Commission created by this Article is hereby declared to be a State planning agency and instrumentality of the State within the meaning of Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1959, Public Law 86‑372, and is acceptable to the State as capable of carrying out the planning functions contemplated by said Section. The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Article 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, shall apply to the administration of this Article. There shall be annually made by the Auditor of the State of North Carolina a full audit and examination of the receipts and disbursements of the Commission, and the Commission shall report to the Governor annually at the end of each fiscal year a full and complete statement of receipts and disbursements and accomplishments during each such year."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1961.