GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1414
     

 
Short Title:	Imperial Foods Demolition Funds.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Goodwin.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
April 26, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE County of richmond FOR THE PURCHASE AND DEMOLITION OF THE IMPERIAL FOODS PLANT IN HAMLET, NORTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, on September 3, 1991, a grease fire swept quickly through the Imperial Food Products, Inc., plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, resulting in 26 deaths and injuries to 56 others, the worst industrial disaster in North Carolina history; and
Whereas, on or about July 27, 2000, the State Health Director of North Carolina, Dr. Dennis McBride, issued an Order declaring the site of the Imperial Foods plant fire to be a public health nuisance and ordered, pursuant to G.S. 130A19, that Imperial Foods Products, Inc., demolish the plant at that site to remove and dispose of the demolition debris; and 
Whereas, the time for Imperial Food Products, Inc., to comply with that Order has expired and the plant at the site in Hamlet, North Carolina, has not been demolished or the demolition debris removed; and
Whereas, the present assessed valuation for the plant is $87,222 and the assessed valuation for the property surrounding the plant is $12,685 according to the Richmond County tax administrator; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Richmond the sum of seventy‑five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year to enable the County of Richmond to purchase the burned out Imperial Food Products, Inc., plant and surrounding property, in Hamlet, North Carolina, so that the plant can be demolished and the debris removed thereby eliminating the public health nuisance declared by the State Health Director on July 27, 2000. 
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.