AN ACT repealing the local acts establishing the HICKORY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION and providing that the city of hickory shall establish a planning commission as provided under the general laws of this state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 477 of the Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 214 of the Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.
SECTION 2.  Pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes, the City of Hickory shall adopt an ordinance providing for the appointment of a planning board effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2021.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2021.

	s/	 Phil Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives