GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 130 
SENATE BILL 150 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSAL BY CITIES, COUNTIES, AND SANITARY DISTRICTS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITH MINIMAL VALUE. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-266 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
"(c)	A city council may adopt regulations prescribing procedures for disposing of personal property valued at less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any one item or group of items in substitution for the requirements of this Article. The regulations shall be designed to secure for the city fair market value for all property disposed of and to accomplish the disposal efficiently and economically. The regulations may, but need not, require published notice, and may provide for either public or private exchanges and sales. The council may authorize one or more city officials to declare surplus any personal property valued at less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any one item or group of items, to set its fair market value, and to convey title to the property for the city in accord with the regulations. A city official authorized under this section to dispose of property shall, on the first day of February, report in writing to the council on any property disposed of under such authorization from July 1 through December 31 of the previous year, and shall on the first day of August report in writing to the council on any property disposed of under such authorization from January 1 through June 30 of that year. The written report shall generally describe the property sold or exchanged, to whom it was sold, or with whom exchanged, and the amount of money or other consideration received for each sale or exchange since the last such report was submitted." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 153A-176 is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end: 
"For purposes of this section, references in G.S. 160A-266(c) to 'one or more city officials' are deemed to refer to one or more county officials designated by the board of county commissioners." 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 130-128(22) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end:  "For purposes of this subdivision, references in G.S. 160A-266(c) to 'one or more city officials' are deemed to refer to one or more sanitary district officials designated by the sanitary district board." 
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1983.