NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 865
HOUSE BILL 934

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 160A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 160A‑457.1. Urban Development Action Grants. — In addition to the powers granted by G.S. 160A‑456 and G.S. 160A‑457, any city is authorized, either as a part of a community development program or independently thereof, to enter into contracts or agreements with any person, association, or corporation to undertake and carry out specified activities in furtherance of the purposes of Urban Development Action Grants authorized by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 (P.L. 95‑128) or any amendment thereto which is a continuation of such grant programs by whatever designation, including the authority to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements to extend loans, loan subsidies, or grants to persons, associations, or corporations and to dispose of real or personal property by private sale in furtherance of such contracts or agreements."
Sec. 2. Any enabling legislation contained in local acts which refers to "Urban Development Action Grants" or the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 (P.L. 95‑128) shall be construed also to refer to any continuation of such grant programs by whatever designation.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of July, 1981.