GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 619

HOUSE BILL 791

 

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE CONFLICT IN THE STATUTES CONCERNING VACANCIES IN MUNICIPAL AND SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTIVE OFFICES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-294.1(d) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(d)      A vacancy that occurs in a municipal or special district elective office shall be filled by the governing body as provided in G.S. 160A-63. In the case of a special district, the words 'city council,' as used in G.S. 160A-63, shall mean the governing body of the special district."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1985.