GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 776
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO PROCESS LOCAL FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Asheville may adopt ordinances to create an Asheville Fair Housing Commission. The Asheville Fair Housing Commission shall have jurisdiction to enforce the State Fair Housing Act, Chapter 41A of the General Statutes, in the City of Asheville and shall have jurisdiction over the subject matter of any complaint filed under G.S. 41A-7 relating to property located in the City of Asheville or to an unlawful discriminatory housing practice occurring in the City of Asheville.
Sec. 2. The Asheville Fair Housing Commission shall have the same powers and duties as are granted to the North Carolina Human Relations Council in Chapter 41A of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of July, 1985.