NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 382

SENATE BILL 439

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEWTON TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY MANAGER RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY AND CHANGING THE FILING DATE FOR THE HICKORY AND CATAWBA SCHOOL BOARDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 5.1 of the Charter of the City of Newton, as enacted by Chapter 112 of the Session Laws of 1967, is amended by rewriting the third sentence thereof to read as follows:

"The city manager need not be a resident of the city during his tenure, unless the Board of Aldermen shall require him to be, but he may not reside in any other municipality."

Sec. 2. Section 4 of Chapter 930, Session Laws of 1971 is amended by deleting the words "6:00 p.m. on the third Friday", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday".

Sec. 3. Section 3 of Chapter 874, Session Laws of 1969 is amended by deleting the words "by 12:00 noon on or before the Friday preceding the sixth Saturday", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "no later than 12:00 noon on the First Monday in February".

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of April, 1979.