Bill Text: NC S248 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina Senate Bill 248 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Town of Cary/Release Unneeded Easements

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-28 - Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [S248 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S248-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

S 1

SENATE BILL 248*

Short Title: Town of Cary/Release Unneeded Easements.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Senators Stein and Barringer (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 12, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of cary to authorize the town council to delegate to the city manager the authority to dispose of easements that are no longer needed by the town.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. The Charter of the Town of Cary, being S.L. 2005‑117, is amended by adding a new Article to read as follows:

"ARTICLE XI. SALE, LEASE, AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.

"Section 11.1. Disposition of Certain Property by Town Manager. (a) The Town Council may authorize the City Manager or Deputy City Manager to dispose of all the following property interests without obtaining Town Council approval for each disposition:

(1) Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, as part of an exchange for other water and sewer easements or similar interests in property.

(2) Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, when the easement or similar interest in real property is no longer needed by the Town.

(b) The provisions of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall not apply to the disposition of property under this section."

SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.