Bill Text: NC H1218 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Monroe Attorney/Cabarrus Comm
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-01 - Ch. SL 2014-92 [H1218 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H1218-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2014-92
HOUSE BILL 1218
AN ACT amending the charter of the city of monroe to remove the provision authorizing the city manager to have direct supervisory authority over the city attorney and to provide that vacancies on the cabarrus county board of commissioners are not filled in accordance with G.S. 153A‑27.1.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 4.8 of the Charter of the City of Monroe, being S.L. 2000‑35, reads as rewritten:
"Section 4.8. Council‑Manager
Relationship. The Council shall hold the City Manager responsible for the
proper management of the affairs of the City and he or she shall keep the
Council informed of the conditions and needs of the City and shall make such
reports and recommendations as may be requested by the Council or as he or she
may deem necessary. The City Manager shall have the authority to appoint and
remove all officers, department heads, and employees in the administrative
service of the City, except those provided in this Charter to be appointed and
removed by the Council. The City Manager shall have direct supervisory
authority over the City Attorney, City Clerk, Chief of Police, and Tax
Collector in the performance of their respective duties and responsibilities.
Neither the Mayor, the City Council, nor any member thereof shall direct the
conduct or activities of any City employee, directly or indirectly, except
through the City Manager."
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 153A‑27.1(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h) This section shall
apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Avery,
Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret,
Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham,
Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison,
McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford,
Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, and Yancey."
SECTION 2.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2014, and applies to vacancies filled on or after that date.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of August, 2014.
s/ Neal Hunt
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives
