NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 402

HOUSE BILL 494

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY CEMETERY PROPERTY AND PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS TO RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 160-200(36) is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a semi-colon and by adding immediately after such semi-colon the following:

"to transfer and convey any municipal cemetery property to any religious organization, together with any accumulated perpetual care funds or trust funds set aside for maintenance of the cemetery, upon condition that the religious organization will continue the use of the property as a cemetery, will perpetually maintain the cemetery, and will apply any funds so transferred only for maintenance of the cemetery."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1969.