NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 277

SENATE BILL 414

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION IN HAYWOOD COUNTY REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A COUNTY MANAGER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Haywood County is hereby authorized, upon its own motion and by resolution duly adopted, to call an election at the same time as any statewide or countywide regular or special election, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the County the question of whether the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners shall continue to serve as County Manager or whether a full-time County Manager shall be employed.  If the election is called, the resolution shall specify the date of the election and the election shall be held by the County Board of Elections under the same laws, rules and regulations as govern County elections.  The ballot shall be as follows:

"FOR the employment of a full-time County Manager who is not a member of the Board of County Commissioners.

AGAINST the employment of a full-time County Manager who is not a member of the Board of County Commissioners."

Sec. 2.  If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the employment of a full-time County Manager who is not a member of the Board of County Commissioners, then the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint a full-time County Manager who is not a member of the Board of County Commissioners.  Such appointment shall be made within 30 days after the Commissioners, who are elected at the next election for County Commissioners held subsequent to this special election, take office.

Upon the appointment of the County Manager, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 153 of the General Statutes, shall be applicable to Haywood County, and the County Manager shall have the duties set forth therein.

Sec. 3.  The provisions of Chapter 488, Public-Local Laws of 1939 and of Chapter 173, Session Laws of 1959, which are in conflict with this act, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of May, 1971.