NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 414

HOUSE BILL 822

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 713 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1965, BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 713, Session Laws of the General Assembly of North Carolina of 1965, being the Charter of the City of Charlotte is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       Amend Section 6.61 of said Charter to authorize the collection of interest on liens placed against property for demolition of buildings or structures, by adding the following sentence at the end of said section:

"The term 'costs' as used in this section shall include interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum until said lien is paid."

(b)       Amend Section 6.104 of said Charter to authorize the collection of interest on liens placed against property for the removal of trash, obnoxious weeds or overgrowth, by adding the following sentence at the end of said section:

"The term 'costs' as used in this section shall include interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum until said lien is paid."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall apply to the City of Charlotte only.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1971.