NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 380

HOUSE BILL 594

AN ACT AMENDING G.S. 153-246, RELATING TO JOINT PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The first paragraph of G.S. 153-246 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Any two or more counties which are contiguous or which lie in a continuous boundary are authorized, whenever it is deemed for their best interests, to enter into written agreements for the joint performance of any and all similar administrative functions and activities of their local governments. Such joint administration may be performed through consolidated agencies, jointly owned buildings or institutions, joint boards or commissions, agreements for joint construction or repair work, or purchasing of apparatus, supplies, material or equipment, or any other appropriate means."

Sec. 2.  The third paragraph of G.S. 153-246 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Whenever any such agreement provides for a consolidated agency, board, commission, or institution set up to function jointly for the parties thereto, the consolidated agency, board, commission, or institution shall be vested with all the powers, rights, duties and functions theretofore existing by law in the separate agencies, boards, commissions, or institutions so consolidated or theretofore vested in the governing boards of the parties to the agreement, unless the agreement shall specify a more limited delegation of authority."

Sec. 3.  The fifth paragraph of G.S. 153-246 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"In the same manner and subject to the same provisions herein, any municipality may enter into such an agreement with other municipalities within the county, or one or more municipalities may enter into such an agreement with the county in which located, to the end that functions of local government may, as far as practicable, be consolidated."

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be deemed supplementary to all powers heretofore conferred by law and shall not be deemed to repeal any special, local, or private act heretofore enacted.

Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1969.