NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 982
HOUSE BILL 1662

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, CHAPTER 142, SECTION 13, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1921, WITH RESPECT TO GIVING NOTICE FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE DURHAM CITY COUNCIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section. 1. The Charter of the City of Durham, Chapter 142, Section 13 thereof, Private Laws of 1921, is amended by deleting the entire sentence that begins on line 6 with the words "The Mayor" and substituting in lieu therof the following:
"The Mayor, any four members of the city council, or the city manager, hereinafter provided for, may call special meetings of the council upon at least six (6) hours notice to each member. Notice may be given to a member by direct telephone communication with such member or by direct personal conversation with such member or by written notice to any member not otherwise notified by serving such written notice personally upon such member or by leaving such written notice at such member's residence or business. Written notice as provided herein may be served by any person or persons designated by the city manager. A special meeting may be held at any time without notice provided that all of members of the council attend."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of March, 1974.