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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-472 - Contents of charter.

§ 160A-472. Contents of charter.
The charter of a regional council of governments shall:
(1) Specify the name of the council;
(2) Establish the powers, duties, and functions that it may exercise and perform;
(3) Establish the number of delegates to represent the member governments, fix their terms of office, provide methods for filling vacancies, and prescribe the compensation and allowances, if any, to be paid to delegates;
(4) Set out the method of determining the financial support that will be given to the council by each member government;
(5) Establish a method for amending the charter, and for dissolving the council and liquidating its assets and liabilities.
In addition, the charter may, but need not, contain rules and regulations for the conduct of council business and any other matter pertaining to the organization, powers, and functioning of the council that the member governments deem appropriate. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-473 - Organization of council.

§ 160A-473. Organization of council.
Upon its creation, a regional council shall meet at a time and place agreed upon by its member governments and shall organize by electing a chairman and any other officers that the charter may specify or the delegates may deem advisable. The council shall then adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-474 - Withdrawal from council.

§ 160A-474. Withdrawal from council.
Any member government may withdraw from a regional council at the end of any fiscal year by giving at least 60 days' written notice to each of the other members. Withdrawal of a member government shall not dissolve the council if at least two members remain. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-476 - Fiscal affairs.

§ 160A-476. Fiscal affairs.
Each unit of local government having membership in a regional council may appropriate funds to the council from any legally available revenues. Services of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other services may be made available to the council by its member governments as a part of their financial support. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 73.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-478 - Powers granted are supplementary.

§ 160A-478. Powers granted are supplementary.
The powers granted to cities and counties by this Article are supplementary to any powers heretofore or hereafter granted by any other general law, local act, or city charter for the same or similar purposes. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479 - Creation of authority; definition.

§ 160A-479. Creation of authority; definition.
(a) Any two or more units of local government may create a regional sports authority by adopting identical concurrent resolutions to that effect in accordance with the provisions of this Part. The concurrent resolutions creating a regional sports authority, and any amendments thereto will be referred to in this Part as the "charter" of the regional sports authority. For the purposes of this Part, "unit of local government" means a county, city or consolidated city-county.
(b) Any regional sports authority created pursuant to this Part shall be a body corporate and politic. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.1 - Purpose of the authority.

§ 160A-479.1. Purpose of the authority.
The purpose of a regional sports authority shall be to research, design, construct, provide, finance, operate, improve, and maintain facilities for public participation and enjoyment of sports, fitness, health and recreational activities of as many different types and kinds as possible. The primary purpose of any and all such facilities shall be the conduct of sports events but use of these facilities need not be limited to such. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.2 - Jurisdiction of the authority.

§ 160A-479.2. Jurisdiction of the authority.
(a) The territorial jurisdiction of any authority created pursuant to this Part shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the respective units of local government creating and participating in the authority.
(b) The jurisdiction of any authority created pursuant to this Part shall include any and all currently existing public sports facilities operating within its territorial jurisdiction to the extent that any person or governmental entity owning or controlling such facilities has reached mutual and written agreement with an authority for the operation and maintenance of such facilities by the authority.
(c) The jurisdiction of an authority shall also include any and all new public sports facilities within the regional authority's territorial jurisdiction developed specifically for operation and maintenance by an authority with the agreement of an authority. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.3 - Membership.

§ 160A-479.3. Membership.
Each unit of local government initially adopting a concurrent resolution under G.S. 160A-479 shall become a member of the regional authority. Thereafter, any local government may join the regional authority by ratifying its charter and by being admitted by a majority vote of the existing members. All of the rights and privileges of membership in a regional sports authority shall be exercised on behalf of its member governments by their delegates to the authority. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.4 - Contents of charter.

§ 160A-479.4. Contents of charter.
The charter of a regional sports authority shall:
(1) Specify the name of the authority;
(2) Establish the powers, duties, and functions that it may exercise and perform;
(3) Establish the number of delegates to represent the member governments, fix their terms of office, provide methods for filling vacancies, and prescribe the compensation and allowances, if any, to be paid to delegates;
(4) Set out the method of determining the financial support that will be given to the authority by each member government;
(5) Establish a method for amending the charter, and for dissolving the authority and liquidating its assets and liabilities.
In addition, the charter may, but need not, contain rules and regulations for the conduct of authority business and any other matter pertaining to the organization, powers, and functioning of the authority that the member governments deem appropriate. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.5 - Organization of authority.

§ 160A-479.5. Organization of authority.
Upon its creation, a regional sports authority shall meet at a time and place agreed upon by its member governments and shall organize by electing a chairman and any other officers that the charter may specify or the delegates may deem advisable. The authority shall then adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business. All meetings of the authority shall be open to the public. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.6 - Withdrawal from authority.

§ 160A-479.6. Withdrawal from authority.
Any member government may withdraw from a regional sports authority at the end of any fiscal year by giving at least 60 days' written notice to each of the other members. A withdrawal does not affect the validity of any revenue bonds or notes, and any revenue from sports facilities in the area of the member government that was pledged in payment of bonds or notes issued before the date of notice of withdrawal remains pledged for that purpose until the bonds and notes and interest on the bonds and notes have been paid. Withdrawal of a member government shall not dissolve the authority if at least two members remain. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.8 - Fiscal accountability.

§ 160A-479.8. Fiscal accountability.
A Regional Sports Authority is a public authority subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.9 - Funds.

§ 160A-479.9. Funds.
(a) The establishment and operation of an authority as herein authorized are governmental functions and constitute a public purpose, and the State of North Carolina and any unit of local government may appropriate funds to support the establishment and operation of an authority.
(b) The State of North Carolina and any unit of local government may also dedicate, sell, convey, donate or lease any of their interests in any property to an authority. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.10 - Controlling provisions.

§ 160A-479.10. Controlling provisions.
Insofar as the provisions of this Part are not consistent with the provisions of any other law, public or private, the provisions of this Part shall be controlling. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.11 - Conflicts of interest of public officials.

§ 160A-479.11. Conflicts of interest of public officials.
Members, officers, and employees of any authority created under this Part shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 14-234. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.12 - Issuance of revenue bonds and notes.

§ 160A-479.12. Issuance of revenue bonds and notes.
The Local Government Revenue Bond Act, G.S. Chapter 159, Article 5, governs the issuance of revenue bonds by an authority. G.S. Chapter 159, Article 9, governs the issuance of notes in anticipation of the sale of revenue bonds. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.13 - Acquisition of property.

§ 160A-479.13. Acquisition of property.
In addition to the powers hereinbefore granted, an authority may, in its charter, be granted continuing power to acquire, by gift, grant, devise, exchange, purchase, lease with or without option to purchase, or any other lawful method, the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by an authority. (1989, c. 780, s. 1; 2011-284, s. 119.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.14 - Tax exemption.

§ 160A-479.14. Tax exemption.
(a) The property of an authority, both real and personal, its acts, activities and income shall be exempt from any tax or tax obligation; in the event of any lease of authority property, or other arrangement which amounts to a leasehold interest, to a private party, this exemption shall not apply to the value of such leasehold interest nor shall it apply to the income of the lessee.
(b) Otherwise, however, for the purpose of taxation, when property of an authority is leased to private parties solely for the purpose of an authority, the acts and activities of an authority for the purpose of exemption of the lessee shall be considered as the acts and activities of the private parties.
(c) The interest on revenue bonds or notes issued by an authority shall be exempt from State taxes. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.15 - Removal and relocation of utility structures.

§ 160A-479.15. Removal and relocation of utility structures.
(a) An authority may require any public utility, railroad, or other public service corporation owning or operating any installations, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities in, upon, under, over, across or along any land or facility where an authority has the right to own, construct, operate or maintain its facilities to remove or relocate such installation, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities from their location.
(b) If the owner or operator thereof fails or refuses to remove or relocate them, an authority may proceed to do so.
(c) An authority may provide the necessary new locations or an authority may also acquire the necessary new locations by purchase or otherwise, but not by eminent domain.
(d) An authority shall reimburse the public utility, railroad or other public service corporation, for the cost of relocations which shall be the entire amount paid or incurred by the utility properly attributable thereto after deducting the cost of any increase in the service capacity of the new installations, structures, equipment, apparatus, appliances or facilities and any salvage value derived from the old installations, structures, equipment, apparatus or appliances. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.16 - Advances.

§ 160A-479.16. Advances.
Any member government unit may make advances, from any moneys that may be available for such purpose, in connection with the creation of the authority and to provide for the preliminary expenses of such authority. Any such advances may be repaid to such participating units of local government from the proceeds of the revenue bonds issued by such authority, if capital in nature, or from other available funds of the authority. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-479.17 - Annexation.

§ 160A-479.17. Annexation.
The annexation by a member government which is a city of areas lying outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the authority shall make such annexed area a part of the territorial jurisdiction of the authority, and such area shall be subject to all debts and all obligations thereof. (1989, c. 780, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.2 - Definitions.

§ 160A-480.2. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Authority. – A Facility Authority.
(2) Credit facility. – An agreement with a banking institution, an insurance institution, an investment institution, or other financial institution located inside or outside the United States of America that provides for prompt payment, whether at maturity, presentment, or tender for purchase, redemption, or acceleration, of part or all of the principal or purchase price, redemption premium, if any, and interest on a bond or note issued by the Authority and for repayment of the institution.
(3) Member. – A person appointed to a facility authority.
(4) Par formula. – A provision or formula to make periodic adjustments in the interest rate of a bond or note, including:
a. A provision for an adjustment to keep the purchase price of the bond or note in the open market as close to par as possible.
b. A provision for an adjustment based on one or more percentages of a prime rate or base rate that may vary or apply for specified periods of time.
c. Any other provision that does not materially and adversely affect the financial position of the Authority and the marketing of the bonds or notes at a reasonable interest cost to the Authority.
(5) Regional facility. – A facility consisting of an arena, coliseum, or other buildings or both, or areas where sports, fitness, health, recreational, entertainment, or cultural activities can be conducted. The facility may be composed of buildings grouped into complexes or separated from each other and may include ancillary support facilities, such as those for administration, sports science, sports medicine, training, museums, meeting rooms and conference centers, accommodations, parking, and food services. The facility should be designed to attract to the State as many major regional, national, and international tournaments, events, championships, training centers, training camps, and headquarters for the governance of various sports, associations, and events as possible. The regional facility shall be constructed on land owned by the State. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.5 - Dissolution of Authority.

§ 160A-480.5. Dissolution of Authority.
The General Assembly may dissolve an authority if all bonds or notes issued by the Authority and all other obligations incurred by the Authority have been fully paid or satisfied. In such event any assets of the Authority shall become the property of the county authorized to levy a room occupancy and prepared food and beverage tax to be distributed to the Authority. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.6 - Construction contracts.

§ 160A-480.6. Construction contracts.
Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes applies to a construction contract of an Authority. An Authority may solicit bids on the basis of separate specifications for the branches or work described in G.S. 143-128(a) and on a single-prime contract basis and accept the lowest bid. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.7 - Seating at regional facility arena.

§ 160A-480.7. Seating at regional facility arena.
The Authority shall ensure that at least fifty percent (50%) of the seats for an athletic event that is sponsored by a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina whose principal campus is in the territorial jurisdiction of the authority and is held at the arena of the regional facility are made available to students at that constituent institution and members of the general public. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.10 - Trust funds.

§ 160A-480.10. Trust funds.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all money received pursuant to the authority of this Part, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Part. The resolution authorizing the issuance of, or the trust agreement securing, any bonds or notes may provide that any of these moneys may be temporarily invested and reinvested pending their disbursement and shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, the moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of the moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purpose hereof, subject to any regulations this Part and the resolution or trust agreement may provide. Any of these moneys may be invested as provided in G.S. 159-30, as it may be amended from time to time. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.11 - Faith and credit of State and units of local government not pledged.

§ 160A-480.11. Faith and credit of State and units of local government not pledged.
Bonds or notes issued under this Part shall not constitute a debt secured by a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or a political subdivision of the State and shall be payable solely from the revenues, property, and other funds pledged for their payment. The bonds or notes issued by an Authority shall contain a statement that the Authority is obligated to pay the bond or note or the interest on the bond or note only from the revenues, property, or other funds pledged for their payment and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or any political subdivision of the State is pledged as security for the payment of the principal of or the interest or premium on the bonds or notes. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.12 - Revenue refunding bonds.

§ 160A-480.12. Revenue refunding bonds.
The Authority may issue refunding bonds or notes for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) Refunding any outstanding bonds or notes issued under this Part, including any redemption premium on the bonds or notes and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption.
(2) Constructing improvements, additions, extensions or enlargements of the project, or projects in connection with which the bonds or notes to be refunded have been issued.
(3) Paying all or any part of the cost of any additional project or projects.
Refunding bonds or notes shall be issued in accordance with the same procedures and requirements as bonds or notes. Refunding bonds issued under this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds or notes issued under this Part and, if sold, the proceeds of the refunding bonds may be applied, in addition to any authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of outstanding bonds or notes.
Pending the application of the proceeds of refunding bonds, with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal of and accrued interest and any redemption premium on the bonds or notes being refunded, and, if so provided or permitted in securing the same, to the payment of any interest on such refunding bonds and any expenses in connection with such refunding, such proceeds may be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America which shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by the holder thereof, at the option of such holder, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be required for the purposes intended. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.13 - Bonds eligible for investment.

§ 160A-480.13. Bonds eligible for investment.
Bonds and notes issued under this Part are hereby made securities in which all public officers, agencies, and public bodies of the State and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, investment companies, banks, savings banks, building and loan associations, credit unions, pension or retirement funds, other financial institutions engaged in business in the State, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds or notes are hereby made securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the State or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or obligations of the State or any political subdivision of the State is authorized by law. This section does not apply to any State pension or retirement fund or a pension or retirement fund of a political subdivision of the State. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.14 - Taxation of revenue bonds.

§ 160A-480.14. Taxation of revenue bonds.
Any bonds and notes issued by the Authority under the provisions of this Part shall be exempt from all State, county, and municipal taxation or assessment, direct or indirect, general or special, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise, excluding income taxes on the gain from the transfer of bonds and notes, and franchise taxes. The interest on bonds and notes issued by an Authority under the provisions of this Part shall not be subject to taxation as to income. (1995, c. 458, s. 1; 2015-264, s. 16(k).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-480.15 - Members and officers not liable.

§ 160A-480.15. Members and officers not liable.
No member or officer of an Authority shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the execution of any bonds or notes or the issuance of any bonds or notes. (1995, c. 458, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-481.1 - Definitions.

§ 160A-481.1. Definitions.
The words defined in this section shall have the meanings indicated when used in this Part:
(1) Local government unit. – Defined in G.S. 159G-20 and G.S. 160A-460.
(2) Undertaking. – Defined in G.S. 160A-460. (2020-79, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 20 - Interlocal Cooperation. › § 160A-481.2 - Interlocal cooperation authorized.

§ 160A-481.2. Interlocal cooperation authorized.
Interlocal cooperation, as provided in Part 1 of this Article, is authorized between any local government units in this State for any purpose. When two or more local government units agree to contract for one or more undertakings under this Part, the provisions of Part 1 of this Article apply. (2020-79, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-486 - Estimates of population.

§ 160A-486. Estimates of population.
When a newly incorporated municipality is not included in the most recent federal census of population but otherwise qualifies for distribution of State-collected funds allocated wholly or partially on the basis of current population estimates, the municipality shall be entitled to participate in the distribution of these funds by reporting all information designated by the Office of State Budget and Management. An estimate of this city's population will be made by the Office of State Budget and Management in accordance with procedures designated by that office. The estimate will be certified to State departments and agencies charged with the responsibility of distributing funds to local governments along with the current population estimates for all other municipalities. (1953, c. 79; 1969, c. 873; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1137, s. 46; 2000-140, s. 93.1(a); 2001-424, s. 12.2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-487 - City and county financial support for rescue squads.

§ 160A-487. City and county financial support for rescue squads.
Each city and county is authorized to appropriate funds to rescue squads or teams to enable them to purchase and maintain rescue equipment and to finance the operation of the rescue squad either within or outside the boundaries of the city or county. (1959, c. 989; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-488 - Museums and arts programs.

§ 160A-488. Museums and arts programs.
(a) Any city or county is authorized to establish and support museums, art galleries, or arts centers, so long as the facility is open to the public.
(b) Any city or county is authorized to establish and support arts programs and facilities. As used in this section, "arts" refers to the performing arts, visual arts, and literary arts and includes dance, drama, music, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, crafts, photography, film, video, architecture, design and literature, when part of a performing, visual or literary arts program.
(c) Any city or county may contract with any other governmental agency, or with any public or nonprofit private association, corporation or organization to establish and support museums, art galleries, arts centers, arts facilities, and arts programs and may appropriate funds to any such governmental agency, or to any such public or nonprofit private association, corporation or organization for the purpose of establishing and supporting such museums, galleries, centers, facilities and programs.
(d) As used in this section, "support" includes, but is not limited to: acquisition, construction, and renovation of buildings, including acquisition of land and other property therefor; purchase of paintings and other works of art; acquisition, lease, or purchase of materials and equipment; compensation of personnel; and all operating and maintenance expenses of the program or facility.
(e) In the event funds appropriated for the purposes of this section are turned over to any agency or organization other than the city or county for expenditure, no such expenditure shall be made until the city or county has approved it, and all such expenditures shall be accounted for by the agency or organization at the end of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated.
(f) For the purposes set forth in this section, a city or county may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. (1955, c. 1338; 1961, c. 309; 1965, c. 1019; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1975, c. 664, s. 17; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1201.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-489 - Auditoriums, coliseums, and convention centers.

§ 160A-489. Auditoriums, coliseums, and convention centers.
Any city is authorized to establish and support public auditoriums, coliseums, and convention centers. As used in this section, "support" includes but is not limited to: acquisition, construction, and renovation of buildings and acquisition of the necessary land and other property therefor; purchase of equipment; compensation of personnel; and all operating and maintenance expenses of the facility. For the purposes set forth in this section, a city may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1975, c. 664, s. 18.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-490 - Photographic reproduction of records.

§ 160A-490. Photographic reproduction of records.
(a) General Statutes 153A-436 shall apply to cities. When a county officer is designated by title in that Article, the designation shall be construed to mean the appropriate city officer, and the city council shall perform powers and duties conferred and imposed on the board of county commissioners.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to records stored on any form of permanent, computer-readable media, such as a CD-ROM, if the medium is not subject to erasure or alteration. Nonerasable, computer-readable storage media may be used for preservation duplicates, as defined in G.S. 132-8.2, or for the preservation of permanently valuable records as provided in G.S. 121-5(d). (1955, c. 451; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 41; 1999-131, s. 5; 1999-456, s. 47(e); 2011-326, s. 13(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-490.1 - SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.

§ 160A-490.1. SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.
The local law enforcement agency of any city that uses the services of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory to analyze a recording covered by G.S. 132-1.4A shall, at no cost, provide access to a method to view and analyze the recording upon request of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory. (2016-88, s. 2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-491 - Powers in connection with beach erosion.

§ 160A-491. Powers in connection with beach erosion.
[All cities shall have the power] to levy taxes and appropriate tax or nontax funds for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, maintenance, improvement, or enlargement of groins, jetties, dikes, moles, walls, sand dunes, vegetation, or other types of works or improvements which are designed for the control of beach erosion or for protection from hurricane floods and for the preservation or restoration of facilities or natural features which afford protection to the beaches or other land areas of the municipalities or to the life and property thereon. (1971, c. 896, s. 5; c. 1159, s. 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-492 - Human relations, community action and manpower development programs.

§ 160A-492. Human relations, community action and manpower development programs.
The governing body of any city, town, or county is hereby authorized to undertake, and to expend tax or nontax funds for, human relations, community action and manpower development programs. In undertaking and engaging in such programs, the governing body may enter into contracts with and accept loans and grants from the State or federal governments. The governing body may appoint such human relations, community action and manpower development committees or boards and citizens' committees, as it may deem necessary in carrying out such programs and activities, and may authorize the employment of personnel by such committees or boards, and may establish their duties, responsibilities, and powers. The cities and counties may jointly undertake any program or activity which they are authorized to undertake by this section. The expenses of undertaking and engaging in the human relations, community action and manpower development programs and activities authorized by this section are necessary expenses for which funds derived from taxation may be expended without the necessity of prior approval of the voters.
For the purposes of this section, a "human relations program" is one devoted to (i) the study of problems in the area of human relations, (ii) the promotion of equality of opportunity for all citizens, (iii) the promotion of understanding, respect and goodwill among all citizens, (iv) the provision of channels of communication among the races, (v) dispute resolution, (vi) encouraging the employment of qualified people without regard to race, or (vii) encouraging youth to become better trained and qualified for employment. (1971, c. 896, s. 11; c. 1207, ss. 1, 2; 1973, c. 641; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1062, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-493 - Animal shelters.

§ 160A-493. Animal shelters.
A city may establish, equip, operate, and maintain an animal shelter or may contribute to the support of an animal shelter, and for these purposes may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. The animal shelters shall meet the same standards as animal shelters regulated by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to its authority under Chapter 19A of the General Statutes. (1973, c. 426, s. 73.1; 2004-199, s. 39(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-494 - Drug abuse programs.

§ 160A-494. Drug abuse programs.
Any city may provide for the prevention and treatment of narcotic, barbituric and other types of drug abuse and addiction through education, medication, medical care, hospitalization, and outpatient housing, and may appropriate the necessary funds therefor. (1973, c. 608.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-495 - Appropriations for establishment, etc., of local government center in Raleigh.

§ 160A-495. Appropriations for establishment, etc., of local government center in Raleigh.
Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized to appropriate money for payment to their respective instrumentalities, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and the North Carolina League of Municipalities for the purpose of financing the cost, in whole or in part, of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating a local government center in the City of Raleigh to serve as permanent headquarters for said organizations. (1973, c. 1131.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-496 - Incorporation of local acts into charter.

§ 160A-496. Incorporation of local acts into charter.
(a) A city may from time to time require the city attorney to present to the council any local acts relating to the property, affairs, and government of the city and not part of the city's charter which the city attorney recommends be incorporated into the charter. In his recommendations, the city attorney may include suggestions for renumbering or rearranging the provisions of the charter and other local acts, for providing catchlines, and for any other modifications in arrangement or form that do not change the provisions themselves of the charter or local acts and that may be necessary to effect an orderly incorporation of local acts into the charter.
(b) After considering the recommendations of the attorney, the council may by ordinance direct the incorporation of any such local acts into the charter. The city clerk shall file a certified true copy of the ordinance with the Secretary of State and with the Legislative Library.
(c) For purposes of this section, "charter" means that local act of the General Assembly or action of the Municipal Board of Control incorporating a city or a later local act that includes provisions expressly denominated the city's "charter," plus any other local acts inserted therein pursuant to this section or a comparable provision of a local act. (1975, c. 156; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 935, s. 3; 1989, c. 191, s. 3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-497 - Senior citizens programs.

§ 160A-497. Senior citizens programs.
Any city or county may undertake programs for the assistance and care of its senior citizens including but not limited to programs for in-home services, food service, counseling, recreation and transportation, and may appropriate funds for such programs. Any city council or county may contract with any other governmental agency, or with any public or private association, corporation or organization in undertaking senior citizens programs, and may appropriate funds to any such governmental agency, or to any such public or private association, corporation or organization for the purpose of carrying out such programs. In the event funds appropriated for the purposes of this section are turned over to any agency or organization other than the city or county for expenditure, no such expenditure shall be made until the city or county has approved it, and all such expenditures shall be accounted for by the agency or organization at the end of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated. For purposes of this section, the words "senior citizens" shall mean citizens of a city or county who are at least 60 years of age. (1977, c. 187, s. 1; c. 647, ss. 1, 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1094, ss. 4, 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-498 - Railroad corridor preservation.

§ 160A-498. Railroad corridor preservation.
A city or county may acquire property, by purchase or gift, to preserve a railroad corridor established by the Department of Transportation. A city or county that acquires property to preserve a railroad corridor may lease the property or use the property for interim compatible uses until the property is used for a railroad. (1989, c. 600, s. 9.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-499 - Reimbursement agreements.

§ 160A-499. Reimbursement agreements.
(a) A city may enter into reimbursement agreements with private developers and property owners for the design and construction of municipal infrastructure that is included on the city's Capital Improvement Plan and serves the developer or property owner. For the purpose of this act, municipal infrastructure includes, without limitation, water mains, sanitary sewer lines, lift stations, stormwater lines, streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks, traffic control devices, and other associated facilities.
(b) A city shall enact ordinances setting forth procedures and terms under which such agreements may be approved.
(c) A city may provide for such reimbursements to be paid from any lawful source.
(d) Reimbursement agreements authorized by this section shall not be subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, except as provided by this subsection. A developer or property owner who is party to a reimbursement agreement authorized under this section shall solicit bids in accordance with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes when awarding contracts for work that would have required competitive bidding if the contract had been awarded by the city. (2005-426, s. 8(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-499.3 - Limitation on the use of public funds.

§ 160A-499.3. Limitation on the use of public funds.
A municipality shall not use public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for elective office. (2010-114, s. 1.5(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-499.4 - Notice prior to construction.

§ 160A-499.4. Notice prior to construction.
(a) A city shall notify the property owners and adjacent property owners prior to commencement of any construction project by the city.
(b) Notice under this section shall be in writing at least 15 days prior to the commencement of construction, except in any of the following instances:
(1) If the construction is of an emergency nature, the notice may be given by any means, including verbally, that the city has for contacting the property owner within a reasonable time prior to, or after, commencement of the construction.
(2) The property owner requests action of the city that requires construction activity.
(3) The property owner consents to less than 15 days' notice.
(4) Notice of the construction project is given in any open meeting of the city prior to the commencement of the construction project.
(c) For purposes of this section, "construction" shall mean the building, erection, or establishment of new buildings, facilities, and infrastructure and shall not include routine maintenance and repair. (2015-246, s. 12(b); 2015-286, s. 1.8(d).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-499.5 - Intergovernmental Support Agreements with military installations.

§ 160A-499.5. Intergovernmental Support Agreements with military installations.
A city may enter into Intergovernmental Support Agreements with the Secretary of a military branch of the Armed Forces of the United States to provide installation-support services as authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 2679. (2022-75, s. 14(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 21 - Miscellaneous. › § 160A-499.6 - Civilian Traffic Investigators.

§ 160A-499.6. Civilian Traffic Investigators.
(a) A city may employ and allow civilian personnel to investigate traffic crashes. The civilian personnel shall be known as "Civilian Traffic Investigators" (hereinafter "Investigator" or "Investigators"). The employment or use of Investigators, either full-time or part-time, shall not supplant or replace any of the city's existing sworn law enforcement officer personnel or otherwise reduce the number of sworn law enforcement officers employed by a city.
(b) All of the following shall apply to Investigators authorized in subsection (a) of this section:
(1) The city shall establish the minimum standards for employment as an Investigator.
(2) Each Investigator shall attend a training program designed by the North Carolina Justice Academy. Upon completion of the training program, each Civilian Traffic Investigator shall spend not less than four weeks of field training with a law enforcement officer who has experience conducting traffic crash investigations.
(3) Each Investigator shall be issued credentials by the city identifying the individual as a Civilian Traffic Investigator. The Investigator shall produce official credentials at any time when requested by a member of the public involved in or a witness to a crash.
(4) Investigators shall be issued a uniform that is substantially different in color and style from that of a law enforcement officer for the city. The uniform shall have patches that clearly identify the individual as an Investigator, and the individual's name shall be clearly displayed on the uniform. Investigators shall not be issued badges.
(5) Any vehicles issued to, or used by, an Investigator shall not bear markings or symbols that identify the vehicle as a police vehicle. The vehicle may have emergency equipment and lights installed but shall not use blue lights in any manner or form. Red and amber lights are permissible.
(6) Investigators shall not be issued a weapon of any type.
(7) Investigators shall have no authority to arrest or issue criminal process.
(8) Investigators shall investigate crashes involving only property damage. Investigators shall comply with all provisions of G.S. 20-166.1. A report completed by an Investigator shall be treated the same as if it were completed by a law enforcement officer for purposes of G.S. 20-166.1(i). A law enforcement officer shall investigate any crash involving personal injury or a fatality.
(9) Investigators shall have the same authority as a law enforcement officer to tow or remove a vehicle that is obstructing a public street or highway. (2023-52, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns › Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law. › § 160A-500 - Short title.

§ 160A-500. Short title.
This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Redevelopment Law." (1951, c. 1095, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)