GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

SESSION LAW 2017-21

HOUSE BILL 449

AN ACT providing that henderson county is authorized to construct community college buildings on the campus of blue ridge community college to be used for a law enforcement training center.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115D‑9, 115D‑15.1, 143‑341(3), or any other provision of law, Henderson County is hereby authorized to construct or renovate community college buildings, as that term is defined in G.S. 143‑336, on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College located within Henderson County to be used for a law enforcement training center, provided that Henderson County complies with all of the following:

(1)        Article 3D of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes (Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Surveying Services).

(2)        Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes (Public Contracts).

(3)        Article 8 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes (Financing Agreements and Other Financing Arrangements).

(4)        G.S. 160A‑20 (Security interests).

(5)        Henderson County consults with the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College about programming requirements for the buildings and keeps the Board of Trustees informed as to the construction process and progress.

(6)        Henderson County funds all projects entirely with County funds.

SECTION 2.  Henderson County and the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College may enter into a memorandum of understanding to allow for the construction of community college buildings authorized by Section 1 of this act in a timely fashion and cost‑efficient manner if deemed appropriate by the parties.

SECTION 3.(a)  Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College shall transfer title to the following property to Henderson County for the life of any debt incurred against the property by Henderson County for the construction or renovation of community college buildings authorized by Section 1 of this act:

BEING all of the property recorded at Plat Slide 10552, Book 2017 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Henderson County, North Carolina.

SECTION 3.(b)  Upon the satisfaction of any debt incurred against the property described in this section, Henderson County shall transfer title to the property back to the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College. If no debt is incurred against the property described in this section by Henderson County for the construction or renovation of community college buildings on or before December 31, 2020, Henderson County shall transfer title to the property back to the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College.

SECTION 4.  Henderson County and the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College may enter into a lease agreement in accordance with G.S. 160A‑274 for any space in County‑owned buildings located within Henderson County if deemed appropriate by the parties.

SECTION 5.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act are effective when they become law and apply only to construction and renovation projects by Henderson County on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College located within Henderson County between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30^th day of May, 2017.

                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                         President of the Senate

                                                    s/  Sarah Stevens

                                                         Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives