§ 153A-322. Supplemental powers. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑322.  Supplemental powers.

(a)        A county or its designated planning board may accept,receive, and disburse in furtherance of its functions funds, grants, andservices made available by the federal government or its agencies, the Stategovernment or its agencies, any local government or its agencies, and privateor civic sources. A county, or its designated planning board with theconcurrence of the board of commissioners, may enter into and carry outcontracts with the State or federal governments or any agencies of either underwhich financial or other planning assistance is made available to the countyand may agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions that are imposedupon the assistance.

(b)        A county, or its designated planning board with theconcurrence of the board of commissioners, may enter into and carry outcontracts with any other county, city, regional council, or planning agencyunder which it agrees to furnish technical planning assistance to the otherlocal government or planning agency. A county, or its designated planning boardwith the concurrence of the board of commissioners, may enter into and carryout contracts with any other county, city, regional council, or planning agencyunder which it agrees to pay the other local government or planning board fortechnical planning assistance.

(c)        A county may make any appropriations that may be necessaryto carry out an activity or contract authorized by this Article, by Chapter157A, or by Chapter 160A, Article 19 or to support, and compensate members of,any planning board that it may create or designate pursuant to this Article.

(d)        A county may elect to combine any of the ordinancesauthorized by this Article into a unified ordinance. Unless expressly providedotherwise, a county may apply any of the definitions and procedures authorizedby law to any or all aspects of the unified ordinance and may employ anyorganizational structure, board, commission, or staffing arrangement authorizedby law to any or all aspects of the ordinance. (1945, c. 1040, s. 1; 1955, c. 1252; 1957, c. 947; 1959, c. 327, s. 1;c. 390; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1983, c. 377, s. 8; 2004‑199, s. 41(d); 2005‑418,s. 1(b).)