NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 37

HOUSE BILL 200

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A WINSTON-SALEM SPORTS COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston-Salem is hereby empowered to create a Winston-Salem Sports Commission to consist of seven citizens who shall be nominated by the Mayor and appointed by the Board of Aldermen.  Four shall be appointed to serve four-year terms and three to serve two-year terms.  All subsequent terms shall be for four-years.

Sec. 2. No member of the Commission shall have any substantial pecuniary interest in any of the sports promoted or regulated by the Commission.

Sec. 3. The Commission shall possess such powers as the Board of Aldermen shall from time to time confer upon it with regard to regulating boxing and wrestling.  The Commission shall also possess the power to promote all professional sports now or hereafter presented to the public in Winston-Salem, including, but not limited to, boxing, wrestling, hockey, baseball and automobile racing.

Sec. 4. This act shall apply to the City of Winston-Salem only.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of March, 1975.