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NC Gen Stat § 160A-340.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16A - Provision of Communications Service by Cities.|§ 160A-340.3 - Notice; public hearing.

 160A-340.3. Notice; public hearing.A city or joint agency that proposes to provide communications service shall hold not fewer than two public hearings, which shall be held not less than 30 days apart, for the purpose of gathering information and comment. Notice of the hearings shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in the predominant newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the city is located. The notice shall also be provided to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which shall post the notice on its Web site, and to all companies that have requested service of the notices from the city clerk. The city shall deposit the notice in the U.S. mail to companies that have requested notice at least 45 days prior to the hearing subject to the notice. Private communications service providers shall be permitted to participate fully in the public hearings by presenting testimony and documentation relevant to their service offerings and the city's plans. Any feasibility study, business plan, or public survey conducted or prepared by the city in connection with the proposed communications service project is a public record as defined by G.S. 132-1 and shall be made available to the public prior to the public hearings required by this section. This section does not apply to the repair, rebuilding, replacement, or improvement of an existing communications network, or equipment relating thereto.  (2011-84, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-340.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16A - Provision of Communications Service by Cities.|§ 160A-340.4 - Financing.

 160A-340.4. Financing.(a) A city or joint agency subject to the provisions of G.S. 160A-340.1 shall not enter into a contract under G.S. 160A-19 or G.S. 160A-20 to purchase or to finance the purchase of property for use in a communications network or to finance the construction of fixtures or improvements for use in a communications network unless it complies with subsection (b) of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the repair, rebuilding, replacement, or improvement of an existing communications network, or equipment relating thereto.(b) A city shall not incur debt for the purpose of constructing a communications system without first holding a special election under G.S. 163-297 on the question of whether the city may provide communications service. If a majority of the votes cast in the special election are for the city providing communications service, the city may incur the debt for the service. If a majority of the votes cast in the special election are against the city providing communications service, the city shall not incur the debt. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit a city from revising its plan to offer communications service and calling another special election on the question prior to providing or offering to provide the service. A special election required under Chapter 159 of the General Statutes as a condition to the issuance of bonds shall satisfy the requirements of this section.  (2011-84, s. 1(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-340.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16A - Provision of Communications Service by Cities.|§ 160A-340.5 - Taxes; payments in lieu of taxes.

 160A-340.5. Taxes; payments in lieu of taxes.(a) A communications network owned or operated by a city or joint agency shall be exempt from property taxes. However, each city possessing an ownership share of a communications network and a joint agency owning a communications network shall, in lieu of property taxes, pay to any county authorized to levy property taxes the amount which would be assessed as taxes on real and personal property if the communications network were otherwise subject to valuation and assessment. Any payments in lieu of taxes shall be due and shall bear interest, if unpaid, as in the case of taxes on other property.(b) A city-owned communications service provider shall pay to the State, on an annual basis, an amount in lieu of taxes that would otherwise be due the State if the communications service was provided by a private communications service provider, including State income, franchise, vehicle, motor fuel, and other similar taxes. The amount of the payment in lieu of taxes shall be set annually by the Department of Revenue and shall approximate the taxes that would be due if the communications service was undertaken by a private communications service provider. A city-owned communications service provider must provide information requested by the Secretary of Revenue necessary for calculation of the assessment. The Department must inform each city-owned communications service provider of the amount of the assessment by January 1 of each year. The assessment is due by March 15 of each year. If the assessment is unpaid, the State may withhold the amount due, including interest on late payments, from distributions otherwise due the city under G.S. 105-164.44I.(c) A city-owned communications service provider or a joint agency that provides communications service shall not be eligible for a refund under G.S. 105-164.14(c) for sales and use taxes paid on purchases of tangible personal property and services related to the provision of communications service, except to the extent a private communications service provider would be exempt from taxation.  (2011-84, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-341 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-341 - Authority to establish and operate cemeteries.

 160A-341. Authority to establish and operate cemeteries.A city shall have authority to establish, operate, and maintain cemeteries either inside or outside its corporate limits, may acquire and hold real and personal property for cemetery purposes by gift, purchase, or (for real property) by exercise of the power of eminent domain, may devote any property owned by the city to use as a cemetery, may prohibit burials at any place within the city other than city cemeteries, and may regulate the manner of burial in city cemeteries. Nothing in this section shall confer upon any city authority to prohibit or regulate burials in cemeteries licensed by the State Burial Association Commissioner, or in church cemeteries.As used in this Article "cemetery" includes columbariums and facilities for cremation. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1969, c. 402; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-342 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-342 - Authority to transfer cemeteries.

 160A-342. Authority to transfer cemeteries.A city may transfer and convey any city cemetery property, together with any accumulated perpetual care trust funds set aside for the maintenance of the cemetery, to any religious organization or cemetery licensed by the State Burial Association Commissioner, upon condition that the transferee will continue use of the property as a cemetery, will perpetually maintain it, and will apply any perpetual care trust funds so transferred only for maintenance of the cemetery. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1969, c. 402; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-343 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-343 - Authority to abandon cemeteries.

 160A-343. Authority to abandon cemeteries.A city shall have authority to abandon any cemetery that has not been used for interment purposes within 10 years. Upon abandonment, all monuments, tombstones, and the contents of all graves within the cemetery shall be transferred at city expense to another city cemetery, or to a cemetery licensed by the State Burial Association Commissioner. After the transfer of monuments, tombstones, and the contents of graves, the city may take possession of, convey, or use the former cemetery property for any lawful purpose. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1969, c. 402; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-344 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-344 - Authority to assume control of abandoned cemeteries.

 160A-344. Authority to assume control of abandoned cemeteries.(a) Whenever property not under the control or in the possession of any church or religious organization in any city has been heretofore set aside or used for cemetery purposes, and the trustees or owners named in the deed or deeds for the property have died, or are unknown, or the deeds of conveyance have been lost or misplaced and no record of title thereto has been found, and the property has been occupied and used for burial purposes for a time sufficient to identify its use as cemetery property, the city in which the cemetery is located is authorized to take possession of the land and any adjoining land not held by known claimants of title, have the property surveyed and lines established, and to designate and appropriate the property as a city cemetery.(b) The city may have the land subdivided and laid off into family burial plots, may sell any of the unused lots so laid off to any person for burial purposes, and may use the proceeds of the sale for the improvement and upkeep of the cemetery.(c) The city may appropriate and use funds for the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery, and all laws and ordinances applicable to city cemeteries shall apply to the cemetery from and after the date that the city assumes control of it. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-345 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-345 - Authority to condemn cemeteries.

 160A-345. Authority to condemn cemeteries.A city shall have authority to acquire title in fee simple by purchase or exercise of the power of eminent domain to any cemetery, graveyard, or burial place within the city and to operate and maintain the property so acquired as a city cemetery. This section shall not apply to a cemetery licensed by the North Carolina State Burial Association Commissioner, nor to property owned or controlled by any church or religious organization, unless the owner of the property consents to the acquisition. (1951, c. 385, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-346 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-346 - Authority to condemn easements for perpetual care.

 160A-346. Authority to condemn easements for perpetual care.A city shall have authority to acquire an easement for perpetual care by gift, grant, purchase, or exercise of the power of eminent domain in any cemetery, graveyard, or burial place within the city. When a perpetual care easement is acquired under this section, all city ordinances concerning the care and upkeep of city cemeteries shall be applicable to the cemetery, and the income from city perpetual care trust funds may be used to care for and maintain the cemetery. This section shall not apply to a cemetery licensed by the North Carolina State Burial Association Commissioner or to property owned or controlled by any church or religious organization unless the owner of the property consents to the acquisition. (1951, c. 385, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-347 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-347 - Perpetual care trust funds.

 160A-347. Perpetual care trust funds.(a) A city is authorized to create a perpetual care trust fund for any cemeteries under its ownership or control, to accept gifts, grants, and devises on behalf of the perpetual care trust fund, to deposit any revenues realized from the sale of lots in or the operation of city cemeteries in the perpetual care trust fund, and to hold and administer the trust fund for the purpose of perpetually caring for and beautifying the city's cemeteries. The city may make contracts with the owners of plots in city cemeteries obligating the city to maintain the plots in perpetuity upon payment of such sums as the council may fix.(b) The principal of perpetual care trust funds shall be held intact, and the income from such funds shall be used to carry out contracts with plot owners for the perpetual care of the plots, and to maintain and perpetually care for the cemetery.(c) Perpetual care trust funds shall be kept separate and apart from all other city funds, and shall in no case be appropriated by, lent to, or in any manner used by the city for any purpose other than the perpetual care of city cemeteries.  (1917, c. 136, subch. 9, s. 1; C.S., ss. 2810, 2811, 2812; 1927, c. 254; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 2011-284, s. 113.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-348 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17 - Cemeteries.|§ 160A-348 - Regulation of city cemeteries.

 160A-348. Regulation of city cemeteries.A city may by ordinance adopt rules and regulations concerning the opening of graves, the erection of tombstones and monuments, the building of walls and fences, the hours of opening and closing and all other matters concerning the use, operation, and maintenance of city cemeteries. The ordinance may impose a schedule of prices for lots and fees for the opening of graves in the cemetery, but it may not require the owners of plots to purchase monuments, vaults, or other items from the city. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.1 - Creation of board authorized; official title; terms of office; vacancies.

 160A-349.1. Creation of board authorized; official title; terms of office; vacancies.The governing body of any municipal corporation which now owns or shall hereafter own a cemetery is authorized, if it is deemed proper, to create a board composed of not less than three nor more than five persons, to be known as "Cemetery Trustees of the Town or City of________, North Carolina"; shall fix the term of office of each member, in no case to exceed five years, and in case of any vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, elect a successor. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.2 - Members to meet and organize; meetings; bond of secretary and treasurer; record of proceedings.

 160A-349.2. Members to meet and organize; meetings; bond of secretary and treasurer; record of proceedings.The members of said board, when properly elected, shall within 30 days after notice of their election convene and designate one of their number chairman, one secretary and treasurer, and provide for regular meetings at such times as the said board shall fix; it shall also fix the bond to be given by the secretary and treasurer, conditioned for the faithful accounting of all moneys which shall come into his hands; shall provide for special meetings, and shall cause the secretary to keep a record of its proceedings. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.3 - Property vested.

 160A-349.3. Property vested.Upon the creation of such board the title to all property held by the town or city and used for cemetery purposes shall pass to and vest in said board, subject to the same limitations, conditions and restrictions as it was held by the town or city; provided, that the governing body of the town or city may at any time by resolution direct that title to such property shall pass to and vest in the town or city itself, and in such event it shall be the duty of the board and its officers to execute all necessary documents to effect such transfer and vesting. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 3; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 30.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.4 - Control and management; superintendent and assistants; enumeration of powers.

 160A-349.4. Control and management; superintendent and assistants; enumeration of powers.The said board shall have the exclusive control and management of such cemetery; shall have the power to employ a superintendent and such assistants as may be needed, and may do any and all things pertaining to the control, maintenance, management and upkeep of the cemetery which the governing body of the town or city could have done, or which by law the governing body of the town or city shall hereafter be authorized to do. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.5 - Rules continued in force.

 160A-349.5. Rules continued in force.All rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the town or city for the control, upkeep, management, and maintenance, as well as policing of the cemetery, shall continue in force and effect until and after the said board shall have changed the same as herein provided for. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.6 - Rules for maintaining order and policing; force of rules; copy to governing body; publication.

 160A-349.6. Rules for maintaining order and policing; force of rules; copy to governing body; publication.The said board shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for maintaining order in the cemetery and policing the same, and such rules and regulations, when adopted, shall have the same force and effect as ordinances adopted and passed by the governing body of the town or city. When any such rules and regulations shall be adopted the secretary of the board shall transmit a copy thereof to the governing body of the town or city, and shall cause a copy to be published in some newspaper published in the town or city, and the said rules and regulations shall be in force and effect 10 days after their publication. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.7 - Presentation of budget; details of budget; appropriation; payment to board.

 160A-349.7. Presentation of budget; details of budget; appropriation; payment to board.Thirty days prior to the adoption of the annual budget by the governing body of the town or city, the said trustees shall present to such governing body a budget for the ensuing year, in which said budget there shall be set out in detail an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the board for the previous year, the estimated expense for the ensuing year, the estimated source of income from all sources, other than appropriation by the governing body of the town or city, any balance on hand, and such other information as the said trustees may think proper; and the said governing body of the town or city shall in the annual budget include such appropriation as it deems proper for the care and maintenance of the said cemetery for the ensuing year, which shall be paid over to the board of trustees in monthly installments.For purposes of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act (Chapter 159, Subchapter III), the board of trustees of a cemetery is a board of the municipal corporation establishing the board of trustees and is not a public authority as defined by G.S. 159-7. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 7; 1971, c. 780, s. 37.3; 1973, c. 474, s. 31; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 31.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.8 - Commissioners to obtain maps, plats and deeds; list of lots sold and owners; surveys and plats to be made; additional lots, streets, walks and parkways; price of lots; regulation of sale of lots.

 160A-349.8. Commissioners to obtain maps, plats and deeds; list of lots sold and owners; surveys and plats to be made; additional lots, streets, walks and parkways; price of lots; regulation of sale of lots.The board of trustees shall obtain from the governing body all maps, plats, deeds and other evidences relating to the lands, lots and property of the cemetery; they shall also obtain from the governing body of the town or city, as nearly as possible, an accurate list of the lots theretofore sold, together with the names of the owners thereof. The said board of trustees shall from time to time cause surveys to be made, maps and plats prepared, laying out additional lots, streets, paths, walks and parkways; shall fix a price at which such lots shall be sold, which price may from time to time, in the discretion of the board, be changed; shall adopt rules and regulations as to the sale of said lots and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers deed or evidences of title thereto. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.9 - Power to acquire land; adjacent property; disposal of money from lot sales; investments; income from investment.

 160A-349.9. Power to acquire land; adjacent property; disposal of money from lot sales; investments; income from investment.The said board shall have the power to acquire additional lands for cemetery purposes, either by purchase or otherwise. In making such additional acquisitions of property, if possible, they shall acquire adjacent property; all moneys received from the sale of lots shall be held by the board of trustees intact and used for the purchase of additional lands; to beautify and otherwise maintain and keep the present property and the future acquired property. The board may, if it seems best to it, invest the said money in good, interest-bearing securities, payable to the said board, and the income derived therefrom shall be by the board used in the beautifying, maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery or cemeteries under its control. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.10 - Power to condemn land; procedure for condemnation; board incorporated.

 160A-349.10. Power to condemn land; procedure for condemnation; board incorporated.If it becomes necessary to acquire additional lands for cemetery purposes and the board cannot agree with the owners upon the price thereof, the board shall have the power to condemn the lands for cemetery purposes, and in so doing the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes shall be followed as nearly as possible, and to that end, and for that purpose, the board of trustees of any cemetery acquired under this Article shall be deemed and considered a corporation and a body politic. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 10; 2001-487, s. 38(i).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-349.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 17A - Cemetery Trustees.|§ 160A-349.11 - Price of lands included in budget.

 160A-349.11. Price of lands included in budget.If any lands are acquired by purchase or condemnation for cemetery purposes and the board of trustees shall not have sufficient funds with which to pay for the same, the amount necessary shall be included in their budget request, and the governing body of any town or city may make an appropriation to complete the purchase. (Pub. Loc. 1923, c. 583, s. 11; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 32.)