North Carolina § 160A-479 - Creation of authority; definition.
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§ 160A-479. Creation of authority; definition.
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. Any regional sports authority created pursuant to this Part shall be a body corporate and politic. History (1989, c. 780, s. 1.) Legal Periodicals. - For note, "If At First You Don't Succeed: Constitutional Challenges to Second Execution Attempts," see 53 Wake Forest L. Rev. 211 (2018). For article, "Ultimate Discrimination?: Sunday Play, Sports Schedules, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Anti-Discrimination Laws,” see 97 N.C.L. Rev. 933 (2019).
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