Bill Summary for H 1212 (2013-2014)

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Summary date: 

Jun 19 2014
S.L. 2014-74

Bill Information:

View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 1212 (Local) Filed Tuesday, May 27, 2014
AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON.
Intro. by S. Ross.

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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition:

Changes the name of Article 1, Subchapter E, to Contracting Procedures (was, Contracting, Purchasing, and Property Management Procedures).

Changes the name of Article 2, Subchapter E, to Leasing, Disposition, and Sale of Property Provisions (was, Leasing Provisions).

Adds new Section 4.162, Conveyances with Covenants of Warranty, to the charter, providing the City Council is authorized to execute and deliver conveyances to any property, whether acquired by tax, assessment foreclosure, or any other means, with full covenants of warranty. Provides that members of the Council are relieved of any personal or individual liability in regards to such conveyances.

Adds new Section 4.163, providing the city can quitclaim any rights to property it might have in property not needed for public purposes in specified situations.

Adds new Section 4.164, providing the City Council can sell or exchange without prior notice, at a public or private sale, any personal property of the city that does not exceed $2,500.

Amends Subchapter C of Chapter B of Chapter VI making clarifying and technical changes and adds a provision providing that one or more local improvements can be made in a single proceeding and assessments can be combined. Adds a definition section, setting out terms to be used in regards to local improvements. Adds new Sections 6.65 and 6.66 to the charter, which provide for bases for making assessments and optional cost-sharing by the council of local improvements. 

Makes stylistic and technical changes.