GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 129

SENATE BILL 233

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTED TOGETHER, AND SHALL BE UNDER THE COUNTY-MANAGER PLAN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 936, Session Laws of 1963 (as amended under G.S. 153A-58 to increase the size to four members plus the chairman) is rewritten to read:

"Section 1. The Board of Commissioners shall consist of five members. In 1984 and quadrennially thereafter, five commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms. A chairman and vice-chairman shall be annually elected by the board of commissioners in accordance with G.S. 153A-39."

Sec. 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 936, Session Laws of 1963 as amended by Chapter 54, Session Laws of 1977 is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 2. Buncombe County shall be under the county-manager form of government as provided in Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes; provided however, that neither the chairman nor any other member of the board of commissioners may simultaneously hold the office of county manager."

Sec. 3.  Section 3 of Chapter 936, Session Laws of 1963 as amended by Chapter 698, Session Laws of 1965 and Chapter 903, Session Laws of 1969 is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 3. The board of Commissioners shall fix their own salary, allowance, and other compensation in accordance with G.S. 153A-92(b)(4), except that the first time salaries are set under this section it may be done other than by adoption of the budget ordinance."

Sec. 4.  This act shall not affect the terms of office of the four current commissioners or the chairman of the board of commissioners.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective on the first Monday in December of 1984, except that the 1984 election shall be conducted in accordance with Section 1.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1983.