GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 960

HOUSE BILL 1562

AN ACT TO ALLOW JONES COUNTY TO SELL CERTAIN PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE, AND TO RATIFY AN AGREEMENT UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provision of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, Jones County may sell and convey at private sale all or any of its right, title, and interest to a tract not exceeding 3.5 acres, located approximately 1/4 mile west of the town limits of Trenton bordered by N.C. Highway 58 (part of the Julian Warren farm) together with any structures, improvements, and machinery thereon, at a price not less than the cost to the county, less administrative costs.  The county may, in lieu of cash as consideration, take a first lien deed of trust on the land and building and a first lien on the equipment and a note evidencing the indebtedness.

Sec. 2.  The agreement dated May 11, 1984, between Jones County and Trenton Apparel Co., Inc., is validated.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1984.