GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 243

SENATE BILL 210

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES TO NAME UP TO TWO ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS TO A JOINT AGENCY AND A JOINT MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 159B-9(c) is amended so that the fifth sentence reads:

"The governing board of each of the municipalities may appoint up to two alternate commissioners to act in lieu of its appointed commissioner when the appointed commissioner is unable for any reason to attend meetings of the board of commissioners or any committee thereof, and the governing board shall designate them as first or second alternate commissioner."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 159B-43(c) is amended so that the fifth sentence reads:

"The governing board of each of the municipalities may appoint up to two alternate commissioners to act in lieu of its appointed commissioner when the appointed commissioner is unable for any reason to attend meetings of the board of commissioners or any committee thereof, and the governing board shall designate them as first or second alternate commissioner."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 159B-43(a) is amended by rewriting the second sentence of the second paragraph of that subsection as follows:

"The governing board of the municipality shall thereupon by ordinance or resolution appoint one commissioner and up to two alternate commissioners of the joint municipal assistance agency who may, at the discretion of the governing board, be an officer or employee of the municipality. If two alternate commissioners are appointed, the governing board shall designate them as first or second alternate commissioner."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1985.