GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2012-113
HOUSE BILL 1196
AN ACT to provide a process for conveying an interest in real property owned by albemarle mental health center to EAST carolina behavioral health.
Whereas, Albemarle Mental Health Center (AMHC), Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, was a Local Management Entity and political subdivision of the State pursuant to G.S. 122C-116 covering 10 counties; and
Whereas, AMHC was dissolved under Chapter 122C of the General Statutes effective July 1, 2010; and
Whereas, AMHC owned real property in Camden, Currituck, and Perquimans Counties; and
Whereas, the real property was to have been conveyed to East Carolina Behavioral Health (ECBH) upon dissolution of AMHC; and
Whereas, proper provision was not made for the conveyance in the winding up of AMHC; and
Whereas, the General Assembly desires to create a process by which this conveyance may occur; and
Whereas, the catchment area of AMHC was Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The Director of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services may wind up the affairs of the Albemarle Mental Health Center (AMHC), Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services by entering into any necessary interlocal agreements and conveying its interests in real property in Camden, Currituck, and Perquimans Counties to East Carolina Behavioral Health (ECBH) as provided in the consolidation agreement between AMHC, ECBH, and the 10 counties in the catchment area.
SECTION 2. This act applies in Camden, Currituck, and Perquimans Counties only.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2012.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives