GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 64

SENATE BILL 109

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SIXTH WARD FOR THE CITY OF NEW BERN, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR COUNTS TOWARD A QUORUM AND TOWARDS THE NUMBER OF VOTES NECESSARY TO PASS AN ORDINANCE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 2(b) of Chapter 174, Session Laws of 1983, is amended by deleting "five" and substituting "six".

Sec. 2.  Sections 4, 12, and 25 of the Charter of the City of New Bern, being Chapter 1281, Session Laws of 1957, are amended by deleting "five" and substituting "six".

Sec. 3.  Section 26 of the Charter of the City of New Bern, being Chapter 1281, Session Laws of 1957, is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 26. City Divided Into Wards. The board of aldermen shall divide the city into six wards. Once established, the boundaries of the wards may be changed as provided by Section 27 of this act or by G.S. 160A-23."

Sec. 4.  Section 6 of Chapter 1281, Session Laws of 1957, as amended by Chapter 266, Session Laws of 1983, is amended by adding the following at the end:

"For the purposes of Sections 8, 9, and 10 of this act, the mayor shall be considered to be an elected member of the board of aldermen."

Sec. 5.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective beginning with the 1985 municipal election, and the board of aldermen shall consist of six members beginning with the organizational meeting following the election.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.

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