GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2006-124

SENATE BILL 1841

AN ACT amending the charter of the city of charlotte concerning the civil service board.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 4.61 of Article III of Chapter 4 of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being S.L. 2000-26, as amended, reads as rewritten:

"Section 4.61. Civil service Board;board; Membership, Powers and Duties. (a) Establishment. There is hereby continued a civil serviceCivil Service Board for the City of Charlotte, to consist of five members and two alternates; threeseven members; four members and one alternate to be appointed by the Council and two three members and one alternate to be appointed by the Mayor. Each member shall serve for a term of three years. In case of a vacancy on the Board, the Council or the Mayor, as the case may be, shall fill such vacancy for the unexpired term of said member. For the purposes of establishing a quorum of the Board, any combination of Board members and alternates totaling three shall constitute a quorum.  All Board members and alternates shall attend regular meetings for the purposes of meeting attendance policy and familiarity with Board business and procedures. Alternates shall attend hearings when needed due to scheduling conflicts of regular Board members and shall vote only when serving in the absence of a regular Board member. Attendance at meetings and continued service on the Board shall be governed by the attendance policies established by the Council. Vacancies resulting from a member's failure to attend the required number of meetings or hearings shall be filled as provided herein."

SECTION 2.  An individual appointed by the Council or Mayor prior to January 1, 2007, to serve as an alternate on the Civil Service Board shall automatically become a member of the Civil Service Board for the remainder of the individual's unexpired term as an alternate.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of July, 2006.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives