Bill Text: NC H1057 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Red Springs Charter Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-29 - Ch. SL 2018-126 [H1057 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H1057-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
SESSION LAW 2018-126
HOUSE BILL 1057
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of red springs to authorize the board of commissioners to fix its compensation and the compensation of the mayor in the manner provided for by general law and making conforming changes required by prior general or local laws.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Red Springs, being Chapter 1252 of the Session Laws of 1949, as amended by Chapter 344 of the Session Laws of 1951 and Chapter 457 of the Session Laws of 1957, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. Creation, Salary, and
Composition of the Mayor and Commission. – Except as otherwise provided in this
charter, all powers of the town shall be vested in a mayor and a board of six
commissioners who shall be nominated and elected from the town at large in the
manner hereinafter provided. The terms of the members of the first board of
commissioners elected after the ratification of this Act shall begin on May 10,
1949 and shall expire on July 1, 1951. Thereafter, the terms of office of
members of the board of commissioners shall be for two four years,
and until their successors are elected and qualified. Except as provided for
the members of the first board of commissioners elected after the ratification
of this Act, the terms of office of the several commissioners shall begin on
the first day of July next following their election. The Mayor shall be
elected for a term of two years and shall serve until his or her successor is
elected and qualified. The mayor and commissioners shall be qualified
electors of the town and shall hold no other public office except that of
notary public or member of the National Guard or Naval or Military Reserve. If
the mayor or any member of the commission shall cease to possess any of these
qualifications or shall be convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, those
qualifications set out in Article VI of the North Carolina Constitution, his
or her office shall immediately become vacant. If a vacancy occurs in
the office of mayor or commission, it shall be filled for the remainder of the
unexpired term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the commission. The
major shall receive a salary of $200.00 per annum and each member of the
commission shall receive a salary of $25.00 per annum until changed by
ordinance. No ordinance fixing or changing the salary of the mayor or members
of the commission shall become effective during the current term of office of
the board of commissioners.The board of commissioners may fix its own
compensation and the compensation of the mayor and any other elected officers
of the town as authorized by G.S. 160A‑64."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2018.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
