NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 387

HOUSE BILL 853

AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY QUARTERS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OF LEE COUNTY, PENDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW, OR REPAIRS TO THE EXISTING, COURTHOUSE.

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Lee County is contemplating substantial repairs to the existing courthouse or construction of a new courthouse; and

WHEREAS, it will be necessary to establish temporary quarters and acquire additional space for governmental functions of Lee County during the period of construction or repairs; and

WHEREAS, this will necessitate securing temporary quarters for Lee County governmental purposes: Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Lee County is hereby authorized to secure by lease or otherwise and provide necessary temporary space for any governmental purpose of Lee County, within said County, pending the construction of a new courthouse or repairs to the existing courthouse. Such quarters so provided may be designated by the Board of Commissioners as the Lee County Courthouse. It shall be lawful for the Board of County Commissioners to designate temporary quarters without designating such quarters as the Lee County Courthouse. It shall be lawful in the quarters so provided to hold sessions of court and any and all other hearings which are required to be heard at the County Courthouse. It shall be lawful to perform any of the governmental functions of Lee County in such temporary quarters, and the quarters so designated are not required to be located in a single building, but may be located in one or more buildings.

Sec. 2. The powers herein granted shall continue in full force until the new courthouse is constructed, or repairs to the existing courthouse are completed and accepted by the County and occupied by the various County officials, offices and agencies.

Sec. 3. This Act shall apply only to Lee County.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1967.