GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 350

HOUSE BILL 618

 

AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LUMBERTON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last sentence of the second paragraph of Section 12 of Article V of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is repealed.

Sec. 2.  Section 12(5) of Article V of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting the word "public".

Sec. 3.  Article XII of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 550, Session Laws of 1963, is repealed.

Sec. 4.  Section 7 (c)(4) of Article II of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended in the second sentence by deleting "five members" and inserting in lieu thereof "six members".

Sec. 5.  Section 1(a) of Article III of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, as amended by Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, is repealed.

Sec. 6.  Section 2(b) of Article III of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, and Chapter 237, Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.

Sec. 7.  Sections 3 through 9 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 222, Session Laws of 1963, Chapter 282, Session Laws of 1965, and Chapter 237, Session Laws of 1967, are repealed, except that Section 9(c) is not repealed.

Sec. 8.  Section 9(d) of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is amended by deleting "not sooner than thirty days and not later than sixty days" and inserting in lieu thereof "not sooner than fifty days and not later than eighty days".

Sec. 9.  Section 5(c) of Article X of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is rewritten to read:

"(c)      Any person receiving a citation or ticket for any traffic violation may pay through the traffic bureau the amount set by the council as payment of the civil penalty and be discharged."

Sec. 10.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.