NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 809

HOUSE BILL 695

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HENDERSON, CHAPTER 780 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1967.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 27 of Chapter 780 of the Session Laws of 1967 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       by changing the period at the end of subsection (c) to a semi- colon and by adding immediately following the semi-colon "to require by ordinance any railroad company to repair grade crossings in such manner as deemed by the city council to be necessary to the safety and convenience of the traveling public, and any ordinance adopted hereunder shall contain provisions establishing adequate notice and hearing procedures in accordance with due process of law.";

(b)       by inserting between subsections (f) and (g) two new subsections to read as follows:

"(g)      to discontinue water service for non-payment of either water charges or sewer charges or any other sanitation charge."

"(h)      to appropriate funds annually in its discretion, from any source of revenue other than funds derived from ad valorem property taxation, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding and encouraging the locating in or near the City of manufacturing, industrial, business, and commercial plants and enterprises, the advertising of the suitability of the City and the surrounding area and the advantages it has to offer, and for such other purposes as will, in the opinion of the city council, increase the population, taxable property values, and the general and material welfare of the City and the surrounding area. Expenditures for the purpose herein authorized are hereby declared to be for a lawful public purpose.";

(c)       by renumbering subsections (g) and (h) as (i) and (j).

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 12th day of June, 1969.