GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-141
HOUSE BILL 96
AN ACT to authorize cities, counties, and local boards of education to donate surplus, obsolete, or UNUSED personal property to charter schools and to make technical changes to that authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-280(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) A city may
donate to a another governmental unit within the United States, a sister
city, or a nonprofit organization incorporated by (i) the United States, (ii)
the District of Columbia, or (iii) one of the United States, any personal
property, including supplies, materials, and equipment, that the governing
board deems to be surplus, obsolete, or unused. The governing board of the city
or county shall post a public notice at least five days prior to the
adoption of a resolution approving the donation. The resolution shall be
adopted prior to making any donation of surplus, obsolete, or unused personal
property. For purposes of this section a sister city is a city in a nation
other than the United States that has entered into a formal, written agreement
or memorandum of understanding with the donor city for the purposes of
establishing a long term partnership to promote communication, understanding,
and goodwill between peoples and to develop mutually beneficial activities,
programs, and ideas. The agreement or memorandum of understanding establishing
the sister city relationship shall be signed by the mayors or chief elective
officer of both the donor and recipient cities."
SECTION 2. G.S. 160A-280(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) For the purposes of
this section, the term "governmental unit" shall have the same
meaning as defined by G.S. 160A-274(a).G.S. 160A-274(a) and
shall include North Carolina charter schools."
SECTION 3. G.S. 160A-280(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The authority
granted to a city, county, or governmental unitcity under this
section is in addition to any authority granted under any other provision of
law."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 12:00 p.m. this 19th day of June, 2009