GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 828

HOUSE BILL 2054

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WHITEVILLE TO VOTE ON ALL ISSUES COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 2.3 of the Charter of the City of Whiteville, being Chapter 1018, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 2.3.  Mayor; Term of Office; Duties.  The Mayor is elected by all the qualified voters of the City for a term of two years; is the official head of the City government and presides at meetings of the Council; shall have the right to vote only when there is an equal division on a question or matter before the council power to vote on all questions or matters coming before the Council, but shall not have the power to vote again in instances where there is an equal division on a question or matter; and shall exercise the powers and duties conferred by law or as directed by the Council."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of July, 1990.