143B-426.13. Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property.

Any transaction relating to the acquisition or disposition of any estate or interest in real property by the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications shall be subject to prior review by the Governor and Council of State, and shall become effective only after the transaction has been approved by the Governor and Council of State. Upon the acquisition of an estate in real property by the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications, the fee title or other estate shall vest in and the instrument of conveyance shall name "North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications" as grantee, lessee, or transferee. Upon the disposition of an interest or estate in real property, the instrument of lease conveyance or transfer shall be executed by the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications. The approval of any transaction by the Governor or Council of State shall be evidenced by a duly certified copy of excerpt of minutes of the meeting of the Governor and the Council of State, attested by the Governor or by the private secretary to the Governor, reciting the approval, affixed to the instrument of acquisition or transfer; the certificate may be recorded as a part of the instrument, and shall be conclusive evidence of review and approval of the subject transaction by the Governor and Council of State. The Governor, acting with the approval of the Council of State, may delegate the review and approval of such classes of lease, rental, easement or right-of-way transactions as he deems advisable, and he may likewise delegate the review and approval of the severance of buildings and timber from the land.